#EEC36E#EEC36E

#EEC36E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.115 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC36E
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, 5.32, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 48.34, 83.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% 0.0139 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.115 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5920, 58.3364, 22.9754)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC36E #6E99EE

analogous

#EE836E #EEC36E #D9EE6E

triadic

#EEC36E #6EEEC3 #C36EEE

tetradic

#EEC36E #6EEE83 #6E99EE #EE6ED9

square

#EEC36E #6EEE83 #6E99EE #EE6ED9

split-complementary

#EEC36E #6ED9EE #836EEE

monochromatic

#CA8E18 #E8AC37 #EEC36E #F4DAA5 #FBF0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EEC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC36E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC36E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.115 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d599',
    500: '#eec36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec36e;
$custom-light: #f6d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83758,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC36E

secondary

#3A69C6

accent

#50DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC36E

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

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