#EEC16C#EEC16C

#EEC16C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.116 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC16C
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, 6.20, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 48.79, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% 0.0162 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.116 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0392, 57.4031, 22.2600)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC16C #6C99EE

analogous

#EE806C #EEC16C #DAEE6C

triadic

#EEC16C #6CEEC1 #C16CEE

tetradic

#EEC16C #6CEE80 #6C99EE #EE6CDA

square

#EEC16C #6CEE80 #6C99EE #EE6CDA

split-complementary

#EEC16C #6CDAEE #806CEE

monochromatic

#C88B17 #E8AA35 #EEC16C #F4D8A3 #FBEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EEC16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC16C

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC16C	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.116 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d398',
    500: '#eec16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec16c;
$custom-light: #f6d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83341,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC16C

secondary

#3969C6

accent

#52DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC16C

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

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