#EEC76B#EEC76B
#EEC76B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.119 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC76B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 199, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 79%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 55%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 55%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.89, 3.00, 50.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.89, 50.74, 86.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.5% 0.0067 0.1193) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.5% 0.119 86.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3397, 60.0887, 22.4324) |
| Luminance | 0.6009 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.25
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.88
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.98
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.46
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.06
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC76B #6B92EE
analogous
#EE856B #EEC76B #D4EE6B
triadic
#EEC76B #6BEEC7 #C76BEE
tetradic
#EEC76B #6BEE85 #6B92EE #EE6BD4
square
#EEC76B #6BEE85 #6B92EE #EE6BD4
split-complementary
#EEC76B #6BD4EE #856BEE
monochromatic
#C89317 #E8B234 #EEC76B #F4DCA2 #FBF1D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#EEC76B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.02
#EEC76B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC76B
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC76B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC76B | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.02 | 13.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC663
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D06E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec76b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.119 86.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d798',
500: '#eec76b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec76b; $custom-light: #f6d798; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec76b",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 199,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.137,
"s": 79.394,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84502,
"c": 0.11948,
"h": 86.8
},
"luminance": 0.60086
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC76B
secondary
#3862C5
accent
#48DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#18140E
muted
#86837F