#EEC495#EEC495

#EEC495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.078 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC495
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 37.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, 8.61, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 30.47, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% 0.0272 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.078 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4263, 59.8298, 36.7934)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC495 #95BFEE

analogous

#EE9795 #EEC495 #ECEE95

triadic

#EEC495 #95EEC4 #C495EE

tetradic

#EEC495 #95EE97 #95BFEE #EE95EC

square

#EEC495 #95EE97 #95BFEE #EE95EC

split-complementary

#EEC495 #95ECEE #9795EE

monochromatic

#DD892C #E6A760 #EEC495 #F6E1CA #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#EEC495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC495

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC495	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.078 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5b4',
    500: '#eec495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec495;
$custom-light: #f5d5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.685,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84588,
    "c": 0.07794,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC495

secondary

#5D91CA

accent

#6DD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC495

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

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