#EEC599#EEC599

#EEC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.074 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC599
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(31, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, 8.55, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 28.85, 72.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% 0.0272 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.074 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9774, 60.4123, 38.5796)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC599 #99C2EE

analogous

#EE9B99 #EEC599 #EDEE99

triadic

#EEC599 #99EEC5 #C599EE

tetradic

#EEC599 #99EE9B #99C2EE #EE99ED

square

#EEC599 #99EE9B #99C2EE #EE99ED

split-complementary

#EEC599 #99EDEE #9B99EE

monochromatic

#DD8930 #E5A765 #EEC599 #F7E3CD #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#EEC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC599

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC599	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.074 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6b7',
    500: '#eec599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec599;
$custom-light: #f5d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.059,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84858,
    "c": 0.07433,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC599

secondary

#6194CA

accent

#6FD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC599

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

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