#EEC66D#EEC66D

#EEC66D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.117 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC66D
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 3.68, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 49.55, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0089 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.117 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2168, 59.6726, 22.9166)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC66D #6D95EE

analogous

#EE856D #EEC66D #D6EE6D

triadic

#EEC66D #6DEEC6 #C66DEE

tetradic

#EEC66D #6DEE85 #6D95EE #EE6DD6

square

#EEC66D #6DEE85 #6D95EE #EE6DD6

split-complementary

#EEC66D #6DD6EE #856DEE

monochromatic

#C99217 #E8B136 #EEC66D #F4DBA4 #FBF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EEC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC66D

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC66D	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)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.117 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d799',
    500: '#eec66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec66d;
$custom-light: #f6d799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84331,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC66D

secondary

#3965C6

accent

#4BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC66D

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

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