#EEC268#EEC268

#EEC268 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.120 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC268
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 104)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 56.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 5.37, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 50.86, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0133 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.12 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0530, 57.7635, 21.2384)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC268 #6894EE

analogous

#EE7F68 #EEC268 #D7EE68

triadic

#EEC268 #68EEC2 #C268EE

tetradic

#EEC268 #68EE7F #6894EE #EE68D7

square

#EEC268 #68EE7F #6894EE #EE68D7

split-complementary

#EEC268 #68D7EE #7F68EE

monochromatic

#C58C16 #E8AC31 #EEC268 #F4D89F #FAEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#EEC268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC268

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC268	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.120 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d495',
    500: '#eec268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec268;
$custom-light: #f6d495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 79.762,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83485,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC268

secondary

#3765C3

accent

#4FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC268

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

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