#EEC26D#EEC26D

#EEC26D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.115 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC26D
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 109)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, 5.76, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 48.56, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.015 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.115 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3146, 57.8681, 22.6158)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC26D #6D99EE

analogous

#EE816D #EEC26D #D9EE6D

triadic

#EEC26D #6DEEC2 #C26DEE

tetradic

#EEC26D #6DEE81 #6D99EE #EE6DD9

square

#EEC26D #6DEE81 #6D99EE #EE6DD9

split-complementary

#EEC26D #6DD9EE #816DEE

monochromatic

#C98D17 #E8AB36 #EEC26D #F4D9A4 #FBF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#EEC26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC26D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC26D	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.115 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d499',
    500: '#eec26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec26d;
$custom-light: #f6d499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83549,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC26D

secondary

#3969C6

accent

#51DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC26D

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

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