#EEC172#EEC172

#EEC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.110 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC172
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, 6.70, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 46.02, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% 0.0184 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.11 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3696, 57.5352, 24.0000)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC172 #729FEE

analogous

#EE8372 #EEC172 #DDEE72

triadic

#EEC172 #72EEC1 #C172EE

tetradic

#EEC172 #72EE83 #729FEE #EE72DD

square

#EEC172 #72EE83 #729FEE #EE72DD

split-complementary

#EEC172 #72DDEE #8372EE

monochromatic

#CD8C19 #E7A93B #EEC172 #F5D9A9 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EEC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC172

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC172	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.110 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d39c',
    500: '#eec172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec172;
$custom-light: #f6d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83423,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC172

secondary

#3D6FC7

accent

#56DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC172

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

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