#EEC681#EEC681

#EEC681 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.098 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC681
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 129)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, 5.45, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 40.16, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% 0.0163 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.098 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4185, 60.1533, 29.2456)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC681 #81A9EE

analogous

#EE9081 #EEC681 #DFEE81

triadic

#EEC681 #81EEC6 #C681EE

tetradic

#EEC681 #81EE90 #81A9EE #EE81DF

square

#EEC681 #81EE90 #81A9EE #EE81DF

split-complementary

#EEC681 #81DFEE #9081EE

monochromatic

#D8931D #E7AE4B #EEC681 #F5DEB7 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EEC681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC681

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC681	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.098 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7a6',
    500: '#eec681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec681;
$custom-light: #f5d7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.982,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84622,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC681

secondary

#4B79C8

accent

#58D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC681

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

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