#EEC66B#EEC66B

#EEC66B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.119 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC66B
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 107)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, 3.52, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 50.47, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% 0.0082 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.119 86)
XYZ	xyz(58.1104, 59.6300, 22.3560)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC66B #6B93EE

analogous

#EE846B #EEC66B #D5EE6B

triadic

#EEC66B #6BEEC6 #C66BEE

tetradic

#EEC66B #6BEE84 #6B93EE #EE6BD5

square

#EEC66B #6BEE84 #6B93EE #EE6BD5

split-complementary

#EEC66B #6BD5EE #846BEE

monochromatic

#C89217 #E8B134 #EEC66B #F4DBA2 #FBF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC66B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EEC66B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC66B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC66B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC66B	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec66b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.119 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d797',
    500: '#eec66b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec66b;
$custom-light: #f6d797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec66b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84305,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.59627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC66B

secondary

#3863C5

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC66B

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

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