#EEC66C#EEC66C

#EEC66C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.118 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC66C
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 108)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, 3.60, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 50.01, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0086 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.118 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1633, 59.6512, 22.6347)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC66C #6C94EE

analogous

#EE856C #EEC66C #D5EE6C

triadic

#EEC66C #6CEEC6 #C66CEE

tetradic

#EEC66C #6CEE85 #6C94EE #EE6CD5

square

#EEC66C #6CEE85 #6C94EE #EE6CD5

split-complementary

#EEC66C #6CD5EE #856CEE

monochromatic

#C89217 #E8B135 #EEC66C #F4DBA3 #FBF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC66C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EEC66C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC66C

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC66C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC66C	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)

#D9C564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec66c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.118 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d798',
    500: '#eec66c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec66c;
$custom-light: #f6d798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec66c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84318,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC66C

secondary

#3964C6

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC66C

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

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