#EEC174#EEC174

#EEC174 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.108 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC174
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, 6.87, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 45.09, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.0191 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.108 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4847, 57.5813, 24.6061)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC174 #74A1EE

analogous

#EE8474 #EEC174 #DEEE74

triadic

#EEC174 #74EEC1 #C174EE

tetradic

#EEC174 #74EE84 #74A1EE #EE74DE

square

#EEC174 #74EE84 #74A1EE #EE74DE

split-complementary

#EEC174 #74DEEE #8474EE

monochromatic

#CE8C19 #E7A93D #EEC174 #F5D9AB #FBF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EEC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC174

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC174	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.108 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d39d',
    500: '#eec174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec174;
$custom-light: #f6d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83452,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC174

secondary

#3F71C7

accent

#58DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC174

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →