#EEC169#EEC169

#EEC169 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.118 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC169
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 5.97, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 50.17, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0152 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.118 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8823, 57.3403, 21.4336)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC169 #6996EE

analogous

#EE7E69 #EEC169 #D9EE69

triadic

#EEC169 #69EEC1 #C169EE

tetradic

#EEC169 #69EE7E #6996EE #EE69D9

square

#EEC169 #69EE7E #6996EE #EE69D9

split-complementary

#EEC169 #69D9EE #7E69EE

monochromatic

#C68B16 #E8AA32 #EEC169 #F4D8A0 #FAEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#EEC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC169

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC169	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.118 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d396',
    500: '#eec169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec169;
$custom-light: #f6d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83302,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC169

secondary

#3867C4

accent

#51DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC169

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

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