#EEC697#EEC697

#EEC697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.076 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC697
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, 7.80, 28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 29.91, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% 0.0249 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.076 71)
XYZ	xyz(61.0414, 60.8024, 37.7929)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC697 #97BFEE

analogous

#EE9B97 #EEC697 #EBEE97

triadic

#EEC697 #97EEC6 #C697EE

tetradic

#EEC697 #97EE9B #97BFEE #EE97EB

square

#EEC697 #97EE9B #97BFEE #EE97EB

split-complementary

#EEC697 #97EBEE #9B97EE

monochromatic

#DD8C2E #E5A962 #EEC697 #F7E3CC #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#EEC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC697

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC697	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.076 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7b6',
    500: '#eec697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec697;
$custom-light: #f5d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.414,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85012,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC697

secondary

#5F90CA

accent

#6BD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC697

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

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