#EEC474#EEC474

#EEC474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.110 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC474
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 5.30, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 45.79, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0145 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.11 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1546, 58.9211, 24.8294)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC474 #749EEE

analogous

#EE8774 #EEC474 #DBEE74

triadic

#EEC474 #74EEC4 #C474EE

tetradic

#EEC474 #74EE87 #749EEE #EE74DB

square

#EEC474 #74EE87 #749EEE #EE74DB

split-complementary

#EEC474 #74DBEE #8774EE

monochromatic

#CE9019 #E7AD3D #EEC474 #F5DBAB #FBF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EEC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC474

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC474	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.110 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d59d',
    500: '#eec474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec474;
$custom-light: #f6d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.344,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84035,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC474

secondary

#3F6EC7

accent

#52DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC474

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

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