#EEC16A#EEC16A

#EEC16A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.117 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC16A
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 6.04, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 49.71, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0155 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.117 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9340, 57.3610, 21.7058)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC16A #6A97EE

analogous

#EE7F6A #EEC16A #D9EE6A

triadic

#EEC16A #6AEEC1 #C16AEE

tetradic

#EEC16A #6AEE7F #6A97EE #EE6AD9

square

#EEC16A #6AEE7F #6A97EE #EE6AD9

split-complementary

#EEC16A #6AD9EE #7F6AEE

monochromatic

#C78B17 #E8AA33 #EEC16A #F4D8A1 #FBEFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#EEC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC16A

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC16A	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)

#D5C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.117 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d397',
    500: '#eec16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec16a;
$custom-light: #f6d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83315,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC16A

secondary

#3868C4

accent

#51DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC16A

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

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