#EEC470#EEC470

#EEC470 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.113 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC470
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 112)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 4.96, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 47.65, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% 0.013 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.113 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9269, 58.8300, 23.6303)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC470 #709AEE

analogous

#EE8570 #EEC470 #D9EE70

triadic

#EEC470 #70EEC4 #C470EE

tetradic

#EEC470 #70EE85 #709AEE #EE70D9

square

#EEC470 #70EE85 #709AEE #EE70D9

split-complementary

#EEC470 #70D9EE #8570EE

monochromatic

#CB9018 #E7AD39 #EEC470 #F5DBA7 #FBF1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC470

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC470	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.113 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d59b',
    500: '#eec470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec470;
$custom-light: #f6d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8398,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC470

secondary

#3C6AC7

accent

#50DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC470

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

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