#EEC269#EEC269

#EEC269 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC269
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, 5.44, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 50.40, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0136 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.119 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1041, 57.7839, 21.5075)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC269 #6995EE

analogous

#EE7F69 #EEC269 #D8EE69

triadic

#EEC269 #69EEC2 #C269EE

tetradic

#EEC269 #69EE7F #6995EE #EE69D8

square

#EEC269 #69EE7F #6995EE #EE69D8

split-complementary

#EEC269 #69D8EE #7F69EE

monochromatic

#C68C16 #E8AC32 #EEC269 #F4D8A0 #FAEFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#EEC269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC269

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC269	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d496',
    500: '#eec269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec269;
$custom-light: #f6d496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83497,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC269

secondary

#3866C4

accent

#4FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC269

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

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