#EEC669#EEC669

#EEC669 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.121 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC669
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 3.36, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 51.39, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% 0.0076 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.121 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0064, 59.5884, 21.8083)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC669 #6991EE

analogous

#EE8469 #EEC669 #D4EE69

triadic

#EEC669 #69EEC6 #C669EE

tetradic

#EEC669 #69EE84 #6991EE #EE69D4

square

#EEC669 #69EE84 #6991EE #EE69D4

split-complementary

#EEC669 #69D4EE #8469EE

monochromatic

#C69116 #E8B132 #EEC669 #F4DBA0 #FAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#EEC669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC669

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC669	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.121 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d796',
    500: '#eec669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec669;
$custom-light: #f6d796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8428,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC669

secondary

#3862C4

accent

#49DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC669

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

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