#EEC272#EEC272

#EEC272 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.111 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC272
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 6.17, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 46.25, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% 0.0168 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.111 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5914, 57.9789, 24.0739)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC272 #729EEE

analogous

#EE8472 #EEC272 #DCEE72

triadic

#EEC272 #72EEC2 #C272EE

tetradic

#EEC272 #72EE84 #729EEE #EE72DC

square

#EEC272 #72EE84 #729EEE #EE72DC

split-complementary

#EEC272 #72DCEE #8472EE

monochromatic

#CD8D19 #E7AA3B #EEC272 #F5DAA9 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EEC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC272

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC272	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.111 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d49c',
    500: '#eec272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec272;
$custom-light: #f6d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83618,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC272

secondary

#3D6EC7

accent

#55DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC272

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

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