#EEC471#EEC471

#EEC471 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.112 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC471
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 113)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 5.05, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 47.19, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0134 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.112 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9829, 58.8524, 23.9251)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC471 #719BEE

analogous

#EE8671 #EEC471 #DAEE71

triadic

#EEC471 #71EEC4 #C471EE

tetradic

#EEC471 #71EE86 #719BEE #EE71DA

square

#EEC471 #71EE86 #719BEE #EE71DA

split-complementary

#EEC471 #71DAEE #8671EE

monochromatic

#CC9018 #E7AD3A #EEC471 #F5DBA8 #FBF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC471

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC471	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#D7C36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.112 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d59b',
    500: '#eec471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec471;
$custom-light: #f6d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83993,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC471

secondary

#3D6BC7

accent

#51DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC471

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

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