#EEC76E#EEC76E
#EEC76E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.117 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC76E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 199, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 79%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 53.8%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.92, 3.24, 49.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.92, 49.35, 86.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.54% 0.0078 0.1165) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.54% 0.117 86.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.5003, 60.1529, 23.2781) |
| Luminance | 0.6015 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.25
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.32
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.35
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.55
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.19
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC76E #6E95EE
analogous
#EE876E #EEC76E #D5EE6E
triadic
#EEC76E #6EEEC7 #C76EEE
tetradic
#EEC76E #6EEE87 #6E95EE #EE6ED5
square
#EEC76E #6EEE87 #6E95EE #EE6ED5
split-complementary
#EEC76E #6ED5EE #876EEE
monochromatic
#CA9418 #E8B237 #EEC76E #F4DCA5 #FBF1DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#EEC76E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.03
#EEC76E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC76E
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC76E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC76E | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.03 | 13.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC666
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D071
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec76e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.117 86.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d799',
500: '#eec76e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec76e; $custom-light: #f6d799; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec76e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 199,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.719,
"s": 79.012,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84541,
"c": 0.11676,
"h": 86.2
},
"luminance": 0.6015
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC76E
secondary
#3A65C6
accent
#4ADB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F