#EEC579#EEC579

#EEC579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.105 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC579
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, 5.22, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 43.69, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0148 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.105 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6796, 59.4932, 26.4780)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC579 #79A2EE

analogous

#EE8A79 #EEC579 #DDEE79

triadic

#EEC579 #79EEC5 #C579EE

tetradic

#EEC579 #79EE8A #79A2EE #EE79DD

square

#EEC579 #79EE8A #79A2EE #EE79DD

split-complementary

#EEC579 #79DDEE #8A79EE

monochromatic

#D2921B #E7AD43 #EEC579 #F5DDAF #FCF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#EEC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC579

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC579	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.105 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d6a1',
    500: '#eec579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec579;
$custom-light: #f6d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.974,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84303,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC579

secondary

#4472C7

accent

#54DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC579

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

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