#EEC278#EEC278

#EEC278 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.105 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC278
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 120)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 6.70, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 43.45, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% 0.019 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.105 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9442, 58.1200, 25.9319)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC278 #78A4EE

analogous

#EE8778 #EEC278 #DFEE78

triadic

#EEC278 #78EEC2 #C278EE

tetradic

#EEC278 #78EE87 #78A4EE #EE78DF

square

#EEC278 #78EE87 #78A4EE #EE78DF

split-complementary

#EEC278 #78DFEE #8778EE

monochromatic

#D18D1A #E7A942 #EEC278 #F5DBAE #FCF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#EEC278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC278

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC278	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.105 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d4a0',
    500: '#eec278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec278;
$custom-light: #f6d4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83705,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC278

secondary

#4374C7

accent

#59DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC278

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

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