#EEC679#EEC679

#EEC679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.106 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC679
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, 4.70, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 43.94, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% 0.0133 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.106 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9074, 59.9488, 26.5539)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC679 #79A1EE

analogous

#EE8B79 #EEC679 #DBEE79

triadic

#EEC679 #79EEC6 #C679EE

tetradic

#EEC679 #79EE8B #79A1EE #EE79DB

square

#EEC679 #79EE8B #79A1EE #EE79DB

split-complementary

#EEC679 #79DBEE #8B79EE

monochromatic

#D2931B #E7AF43 #EEC679 #F5DDAF #FCF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EEC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC679

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC679	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.106 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d7a1',
    500: '#eec679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec679;
$custom-light: #f6d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.487,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84498,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC679

secondary

#4471C7

accent

#52DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC679

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

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