#EEC175#EEC175

#EEC175 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.107 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC175
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 117)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 50.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, 6.95, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 44.63, 81.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% 0.0194 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.107 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5432, 57.6047, 24.9141)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC175 #75A2EE

analogous

#EE8575 #EEC175 #DFEE75

triadic

#EEC175 #75EEC1 #C175EE

tetradic

#EEC175 #75EE85 #75A2EE #EE75DF

square

#EEC175 #75EE85 #75A2EE #EE75DF

split-complementary

#EEC175 #75DFEE #8575EE

monochromatic

#CF8C1A #E7A93F #EEC175 #F5D9AB #FBF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EEC175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC175

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC175	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)

#D4C16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.107 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d39e',
    500: '#eec175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec175;
$custom-light: #f6d39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.686,
    "s": 78.065,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83466,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC175

secondary

#4072C7

accent

#58DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC175

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

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