#EEC56C#EEC56C

#EEC56C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.118 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC56C
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 108)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 4.12, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 49.76, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% 0.0101 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.118 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.9355, 59.1955, 22.5587)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC56C #6C95EE

analogous

#EE846C #EEC56C #D6EE6C

triadic

#EEC56C #6CEEC5 #C56CEE

tetradic

#EEC56C #6CEE84 #6C95EE #EE6CD6

square

#EEC56C #6CEE84 #6C95EE #EE6CD6

split-complementary

#EEC56C #6CD6EE #846CEE

monochromatic

#C89117 #E8AF35 #EEC56C #F4DBA3 #FBF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#EEC56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC56C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC56C	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.118 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d698',
    500: '#eec56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec56c;
$custom-light: #f6d698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84122,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC56C

secondary

#3965C6

accent

#4CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC56C

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

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