#EEC469#EEC469

#EEC469 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.120 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC469
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 105)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 4.40, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 50.89, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0106 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.12 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5522, 58.6802, 21.6569)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC469 #6993EE

analogous

#EE8269 #EEC469 #D5EE69

triadic

#EEC469 #69EEC4 #C469EE

tetradic

#EEC469 #69EE82 #6993EE #EE69D5

square

#EEC469 #69EE82 #6993EE #EE69D5

split-complementary

#EEC469 #69D5EE #8269EE

monochromatic

#C68F16 #E8AE32 #EEC469 #F4DAA0 #FAEFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EEC469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC469

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC469	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.120 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d596',
    500: '#eec469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec469;
$custom-light: #f6d596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83888,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC469

secondary

#3864C4

accent

#4CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC469

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

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