#EEC66A#EEC66A

#EEC66A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.120 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC66A
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, 3.44, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 50.93, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% 0.0079 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.12 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0581, 59.6091, 22.0805)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC66A #6A92EE

analogous

#EE846A #EEC66A #D4EE6A

triadic

#EEC66A #6AEEC6 #C66AEE

tetradic

#EEC66A #6AEE84 #6A92EE #EE6AD4

square

#EEC66A #6AEE84 #6A92EE #EE6AD4

split-complementary

#EEC66A #6AD4EE #846AEE

monochromatic

#C79217 #E8B133 #EEC66A #F4DBA1 #FBF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#EEC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC66A

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC66A	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)

#D9C562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.120 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d797',
    500: '#eec66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec66a;
$custom-light: #f6d797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84293,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC66A

secondary

#3862C4

accent

#49DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC66A

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

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