#EEC178#EEC178

#EEC178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.105 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC178
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, 7.22, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 43.23, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0206 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.105 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7224, 57.6764, 25.8579)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC178 #78A5EE

analogous

#EE8678 #EEC178 #E0EE78

triadic

#EEC178 #78EEC1 #C178EE

tetradic

#EEC178 #78EE86 #78A5EE #EE78E0

square

#EEC178 #78EE86 #78A5EE #EE78E0

split-complementary

#EEC178 #78E0EE #8678EE

monochromatic

#D18C1A #E7A842 #EEC178 #F5DAAE #FCF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#EEC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC178

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC178	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.105 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d3a0',
    500: '#eec178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec178;
$custom-light: #f6d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83511,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC178

secondary

#4375C7

accent

#5ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC178

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

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