#EEC274#EEC274

#EEC274 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.109 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC274
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 6.34, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 45.32, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.0175 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.109 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7065, 58.0249, 24.6800)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC274 #74A0EE

analogous

#EE8574 #EEC274 #DDEE74

triadic

#EEC274 #74EEC2 #C274EE

tetradic

#EEC274 #74EE85 #74A0EE #EE74DD

square

#EEC274 #74EE85 #74A0EE #EE74DD

split-complementary

#EEC274 #74DDEE #8574EE

monochromatic

#CE8D19 #E7AA3D #EEC274 #F5DAAB #FBF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EEC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC274

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC274	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)

#D5C26E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.109 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d49d',
    500: '#eec274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec274;
$custom-light: #f6d49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC274

secondary

#3F70C7

accent

#56DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC274

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

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