#EEC196#EEC196

#EEC196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.077 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC196
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(29, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 10.30, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 29.59, 69.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% 0.0322 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.077 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8365, 58.5220, 36.9923)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC196 #96C3EE

analogous

#EE9697 #EEC196 #EEED96

triadic

#EEC196 #96EEC1 #C196EE

tetradic

#EEC196 #97EE96 #96C3EE #ED96EE

square

#EEC196 #97EE96 #96C3EE #ED96EE

split-complementary

#EEC196 #96EEED #9697EE

monochromatic

#DD832D #E5A261 #EEC196 #F7E0CB #FBEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EEC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC196

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC196	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.077 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d3b5',
    500: '#eec196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec196;
$custom-light: #f5d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.318,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84032,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC196

secondary

#5E95CA

accent

#75D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC196

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

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