#EEC17A#EEC17A
#EEC17A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.103 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC17A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 193, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(37, 77%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(37, 49%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 48.7%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.59, 7.40, 41.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.59, 42.30, 79.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.54% 0.0213 0.1006) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.54% 0.103 78) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.8450, 57.7254, 26.5039) |
| Luminance | 0.5772 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.23
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.00
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.22
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.82
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 7.36
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 7.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC17A #7AA7EE
analogous
#EE877A #EEC17A #E1EE7A
triadic
#EEC17A #7AEEC1 #C17AEE
tetradic
#EEC17A #7AEE87 #7AA7EE #EE7AE1
square
#EEC17A #7AEE87 #7AA7EE #EE7AE1
split-complementary
#EEC17A #7AE1EE #877AEE
monochromatic
#D38B1B #E7A844 #EEC17A #F5DAB0 #FCF2E4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#EEC17A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.54
#EEC17A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC17A
12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC17A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC17A | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.54 | 12.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C274
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DECD7C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB4B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec17a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.103 78.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d3a1',
500: '#eec17a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec17a; $custom-light: #f6d3a1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec17a",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 193,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 36.724,
"s": 77.333,
"l": 70.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83541,
"c": 0.10281,
"h": 78
},
"luminance": 0.57722
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC17A
secondary
#4577C8
accent
#5CDA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140F
muted
#858380