#EEC16D#EEC16D

#EEC16D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.115 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC16D
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, 6.28, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 48.33, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% 0.0166 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.115 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0928, 57.4245, 22.5419)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC16D #6D9AEE

analogous

#EE806D #EEC16D #DAEE6D

triadic

#EEC16D #6DEEC1 #C16DEE

tetradic

#EEC16D #6DEE80 #6D9AEE #EE6DDA

square

#EEC16D #6DEE80 #6D9AEE #EE6DDA

split-complementary

#EEC16D #6DDAEE #806DEE

monochromatic

#C98B17 #E8AA36 #EEC16D #F4D8A4 #FBF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EEC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC16D

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC16D	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)

#D4C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.115 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d399',
    500: '#eec16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec16d;
$custom-light: #f6d399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.07,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC16D

secondary

#396AC6

accent

#53DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC16D

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

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