#EEC46D#EEC46D

#EEC46D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.116 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC46D
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 109)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, 4.72, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 49.04, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.012 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.116 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7627, 58.7643, 22.7652)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC46D #6D97EE

analogous

#EE836D #EEC46D #D7EE6D

triadic

#EEC46D #6DEEC4 #C46DEE

tetradic

#EEC46D #6DEE83 #6D97EE #EE6DD7

square

#EEC46D #6DEE83 #6D97EE #EE6DD7

split-complementary

#EEC46D #6DD7EE #836DEE

monochromatic

#C98F17 #E8AE36 #EEC46D #F4DAA4 #FBF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EEC46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC46D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC46D	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.116 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d599',
    500: '#eec46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec46d;
$custom-light: #f6d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8394,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC46D

secondary

#3967C6

accent

#4EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC46D

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

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