#EEC299#EEC299

#EEC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.074 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC299
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(29, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 10.13, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 28.42, 69.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% 0.0318 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.074 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3030, 59.0635, 38.3548)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC299 #99C5EE

analogous

#EE999B #EEC299 #EEED99

triadic

#EEC299 #99EEC2 #C299EE

tetradic

#EEC299 #9BEE99 #99C5EE #ED99EE

square

#EEC299 #9BEE99 #99C5EE #ED99EE

split-complementary

#EEC299 #99EEED #999BEE

monochromatic

#DD8330 #E5A365 #EEC299 #F7E1CD #FBEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EEC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC299

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC299	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.074 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d4b7',
    500: '#eec299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec299;
$custom-light: #f5d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.941,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84283,
    "c": 0.07399,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC299

secondary

#6197CA

accent

#76D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC299

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

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