#EEC596#EEC596

#EEC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.077 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC596
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, 8.21, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 30.19, 74.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% 0.026 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.077 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7328, 60.3145, 37.2911)
Luminance	0.6031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC596 #96BFEE

analogous

#EE9996 #EEC596 #EBEE96

triadic

#EEC596 #96EEC5 #C596EE

tetradic

#EEC596 #96EE99 #96BFEE #EE96EB

square

#EEC596 #96EE99 #96BFEE #EE96EB

split-complementary

#EEC596 #96EBEE #9996EE

monochromatic

#DD8B2D #E5A861 #EEC596 #F7E2CB #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#EEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC596

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC596	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.077 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6b5',
    500: '#eec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec596;
$custom-light: #f5d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.045,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84799,
    "c": 0.07719,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC596

secondary

#5E90CA

accent

#6CD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC596

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

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