#EEC666#EEC666

#EEC666 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.123 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC666
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 3.14, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 52.76, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0065 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.123 87)
XYZ	xyz(57.8549, 59.5278, 21.0105)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC666 #668EEE

analogous

#EE8266 #EEC666 #D2EE66

triadic

#EEC666 #66EEC6 #C666EE

tetradic

#EEC666 #66EE82 #668EEE #EE66D2

square

#EEC666 #66EE82 #668EEE #EE66D2

split-complementary

#EEC666 #66D2EE #8266EE

monochromatic

#C49116 #E8B12F #EEC666 #F4DB9D #FAEFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#EEC666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC666

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC666	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.123 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d794',
    500: '#eec666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec666;
$custom-light: #f7d794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84244,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.59525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC666

secondary

#375FC2

accent

#47DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC666

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

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