#EEC490#EEC490

#EEC490 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.083 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC490
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 39.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 8.05, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 32.73, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.0252 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.083 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.0356, 59.6735, 34.7360)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC490 #90BAEE

analogous

#EE9590 #EEC490 #E9EE90

triadic

#EEC490 #90EEC4 #C490EE

tetradic

#EEC490 #90EE95 #90BAEE #EE90E9

square

#EEC490 #90EE95 #90BAEE #EE90E9

split-complementary

#EEC490 #90E9EE #9590EE

monochromatic

#DE8C26 #E6A85B #EEC490 #F6E0C5 #FBF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EEC490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC490

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC490	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.083 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5b1',
    500: '#eec490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec490;
$custom-light: #f5d5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84493,
    "c": 0.08273,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC490

secondary

#598BCA

accent

#68D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC490

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

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