#EEC36F#EEC36F

#EEC36F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.114 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC36F
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 111)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 53.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 5.40, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 47.87, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% 0.0142 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.114 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6468, 58.3583, 23.2637)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC36F #6F9AEE

analogous

#EE836F #EEC36F #D9EE6F

triadic

#EEC36F #6FEEC3 #C36FEE

tetradic

#EEC36F #6FEE83 #6F9AEE #EE6FD9

square

#EEC36F #6FEE83 #6F9AEE #EE6FD9

split-complementary

#EEC36F #6FD9EE #836FEE

monochromatic

#CB8E18 #E8AC38 #EEC36F #F4DAA6 #FBF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EEC36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EEC36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC36F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC36F	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)

#D6C368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.114 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d59a',
    500: '#eec36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec36f;
$custom-light: #f6d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83771,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC36F

secondary

#3B6AC6

accent

#51DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC36F

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

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