#EEC689#EEC689

#EEC689 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.090 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC689
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 137)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, 6.26, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 36.39, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% 0.0194 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.09 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9712, 60.3744, 32.1566)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC689 #89B1EE

analogous

#EE9389 #EEC689 #E3EE89

triadic

#EEC689 #89EEC6 #C689EE

tetradic

#EEC689 #89EE93 #89B1EE #EE89E3

square

#EEC689 #89EE93 #89B1EE #EE89E3

split-complementary

#EEC689 #89E3EE #9389EE

monochromatic

#DD9220 #E6AC54 #EEC689 #F6E0BE #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EEC689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC689

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC689	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.090 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7ac',
    500: '#eec689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec689;
$custom-light: #f5d7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84755,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC689

secondary

#5281C9

accent

#5ED70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC689

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

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