#EEC779#EEC779

#EEC779 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.106 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC779
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, 4.18, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 44.19, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% 0.0118 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.106 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1368, 60.4075, 26.6304)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC779 #79A0EE

analogous

#EE8C79 #EEC779 #DAEE79

triadic

#EEC779 #79EEC7 #C779EE

tetradic

#EEC779 #79EE8C #79A0EE #EE79DA

square

#EEC779 #79EE8C #79A0EE #EE79DA

split-complementary

#EEC779 #79DAEE #8C79EE

monochromatic

#D2951B #E7B043 #EEC779 #F5DEAF #FCF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#EEC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC779

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC779	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.106 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d7a1',
    500: '#eec779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec779;
$custom-light: #f6d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84694,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC779

secondary

#4470C7

accent

#50DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC779

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

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