#EEC271#EEC271

#EEC271 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.112 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC271
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, 6.09, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 46.71, 82.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% 0.0165 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.112 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5348, 57.9562, 23.7758)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC271 #719DEE

analogous

#EE8471 #EEC271 #DCEE71

triadic

#EEC271 #71EEC2 #C271EE

tetradic

#EEC271 #71EE84 #719DEE #EE71DC

square

#EEC271 #71EE84 #719DEE #EE71DC

split-complementary

#EEC271 #71DCEE #8471EE

monochromatic

#CC8D18 #E7AB3A #EEC271 #F5D9A8 #FBF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#EEC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC271

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC271	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.112 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d49b',
    500: '#eec271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec271;
$custom-light: #f6d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83604,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC271

secondary

#3D6DC7

accent

#54DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC271

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

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