#EEC699#EEC699

#EEC699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.075 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC699
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(32, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, 8.03, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 29.01, 73.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% 0.0257 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.075 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2052, 60.8680, 38.6556)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC699 #99C1EE

analogous

#EE9C99 #EEC699 #ECEE99

triadic

#EEC699 #99EEC6 #C699EE

tetradic

#EEC699 #99EE9C #99C1EE #EE99EC

square

#EEC699 #99EE9C #99C1EE #EE99EC

split-complementary

#EEC699 #99ECEE #9C99EE

monochromatic

#DD8B30 #E5A965 #EEC699 #F7E3CD #FBF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EEC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC699

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC699	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.075 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7b7',
    500: '#eec699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec699;
$custom-light: #f5d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85051,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC699

secondary

#6193CA

accent

#6DD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC699

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

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