#EEC273#EEC273

#EEC273 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.110 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC273
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 115)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 6.26, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 45.78, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% 0.0172 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.11 81)
XYZ	xyz(57.6487, 58.0017, 24.3753)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC273 #739FEE

analogous

#EE8573 #EEC273 #DCEE73

triadic

#EEC273 #73EEC2 #C273EE

tetradic

#EEC273 #73EE85 #739FEE #EE73DC

square

#EEC273 #73EE85 #739FEE #EE73DC

split-complementary

#EEC273 #73DCEE #8573EE

monochromatic

#CE8D19 #E7AA3C #EEC273 #F5DAAA #FBF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EEC273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC273

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC273	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)

#D5C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.110 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d49d',
    500: '#eec273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec273;
$custom-light: #f6d49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83632,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.57999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC273

secondary

#3E6FC7

accent

#55DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC273

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

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