#EEC696#EEC696

#EEC696 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.077 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC696
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(33, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, 7.68, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 30.37, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% 0.0245 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.077 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9606, 60.7701, 37.3670)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC696 #96BEEE

analogous

#EE9A96 #EEC696 #EAEE96

triadic

#EEC696 #96EEC6 #C696EE

tetradic

#EEC696 #96EE9A #96BEEE #EE96EA

square

#EEC696 #96EE9A #96BEEE #EE96EA

split-complementary

#EEC696 #96EAEE #9A96EE

monochromatic

#DD8D2D #E5A961 #EEC696 #F7E3CB #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#EEC696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC696

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC696	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.077 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7b5',
    500: '#eec696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec696;
$custom-light: #f5d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84992,
    "c": 0.07743,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC696

secondary

#5E8FCA

accent

#6AD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC696

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

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