#EEC168#EEC168

#EEC168 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.119 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC168
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 104)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 56.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, 5.89, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 50.63, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% 0.0148 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.119 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8312, 57.3199, 21.1645)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC168 #6895EE

analogous

#EE7E68 #EEC168 #D8EE68

triadic

#EEC168 #68EEC1 #C168EE

tetradic

#EEC168 #68EE7E #6895EE #EE68D8

square

#EEC168 #68EE7E #6895EE #EE68D8

split-complementary

#EEC168 #68D8EE #7E68EE

monochromatic

#C58B16 #E8AA31 #EEC168 #F4D89F #FAEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#EEC168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC168

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC168	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	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)

#D5C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.119 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d395',
    500: '#eec168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec168;
$custom-light: #f6d395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 79.762,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC168

secondary

#3766C3

accent

#50DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC168

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

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