#EEC296#EEC296

#EEC296 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.077 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC296
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(30, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, 9.78, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 29.72, 70.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.0306 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.077 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0583, 58.9656, 37.0663)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC296 #96C2EE

analogous

#EE9696 #EEC296 #EEEE96

triadic

#EEC296 #96EEC2 #C296EE

tetradic

#EEC296 #96EE96 #96C2EE #EE96EE

square

#EEC296 #96EE96 #96C2EE #EE96EE

split-complementary

#EEC296 #96EEEE #9696EE

monochromatic

#DD852D #E5A361 #EEC296 #F7E1CB #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#EEC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC296

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC296	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.077 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d4b5',
    500: '#eec296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec296;
$custom-light: #f5d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84223,
    "c": 0.07671,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC296

secondary

#5E94CA

accent

#73D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC296

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

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