#EEC397#EEC397

#EEC397 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.076 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC397
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(30, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, 9.37, 27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 29.42, 71.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% 0.0295 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.076 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3625, 59.4446, 37.5666)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC397 #97C2EE

analogous

#EE9897 #EEC397 #EEEE97

triadic

#EEC397 #97EEC3 #C397EE

tetradic

#EEC397 #97EE98 #97C2EE #EE97EE

square

#EEC397 #97EE98 #97C2EE #EE97EE

split-complementary

#EEC397 #97EEEE #9897EE

monochromatic

#DD862E #E5A562 #EEC397 #F7E1CC #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EEC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC397

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC397	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.076 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5b6',
    500: '#eec397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec397;
$custom-light: #f5d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.345,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84435,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC397

secondary

#5F94CA

accent

#72D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC397

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

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