#EEC36D#EEC36D

#EEC36D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.116 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC36D
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, 5.24, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 48.80, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% 0.0135 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.116 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5379, 58.3147, 22.6903)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC36D #6D98EE

analogous

#EE826D #EEC36D #D8EE6D

triadic

#EEC36D #6DEEC3 #C36DEE

tetradic

#EEC36D #6DEE82 #6D98EE #EE6DD8

square

#EEC36D #6DEE82 #6D98EE #EE6DD8

split-complementary

#EEC36D #6DD8EE #826DEE

monochromatic

#C98E17 #E8AC36 #EEC36D #F4DAA4 #FBF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EEC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC36D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC36D	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.116 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d599',
    500: '#eec36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec36d;
$custom-light: #f6d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83744,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC36D

secondary

#3968C6

accent

#50DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC36D

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

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