#EEC166#EEC166

#EEC166 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.121 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC166
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 5.74, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 51.54, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% 0.0141 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.121 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7308, 57.2797, 20.6358)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC166 #6693EE

analogous

#EE7D66 #EEC166 #D7EE66

triadic

#EEC166 #66EEC1 #C166EE

tetradic

#EEC166 #66EE7D #6693EE #EE66D7

square

#EEC166 #66EE7D #6693EE #EE66D7

split-complementary

#EEC166 #66D7EE #7D66EE

monochromatic

#C48A16 #E8AB2F #EEC166 #F4D79D #FAEED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#EEC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC166

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC166	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.121 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d394',
    500: '#eec166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec166;
$custom-light: #f7d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83265,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC166

secondary

#3765C2

accent

#4FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC166

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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