#EEC199#EEC199

#EEC199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.074 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC199
RGB	rgb(238, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, 10.65, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 28.31, 67.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% 0.0334 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.074 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0812, 58.6199, 38.2809)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC199 #99C6EE

analogous

#EE999C #EEC199 #EEEC99

triadic

#EEC199 #99EEC1 #C199EE

tetradic

#EEC199 #9CEE99 #99C6EE #EC99EE

square

#EEC199 #9CEE99 #99C6EE #EC99EE

split-complementary

#EEC199 #99EEEC #999CEE

monochromatic

#DD8130 #E5A165 #EEC199 #F7E1CD #FBEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EEC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC199

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC199	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.074 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d3b7',
    500: '#eec199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec199;
$custom-light: #f5d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84092,
    "c": 0.07396,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC199

secondary

#6199CA

accent

#78D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC199

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

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