#EEC799#EEC799

#EEC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.075 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC799
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(32, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, 7.51, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 29.19, 75.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% 0.0241 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.075 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4346, 61.3266, 38.7320)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC799 #99C0EE

analogous

#EE9D99 #EEC799 #EAEE99

triadic

#EEC799 #99EEC7 #C799EE

tetradic

#EEC799 #99EE9D #99C0EE #EE99EA

square

#EEC799 #99EE9D #99C0EE #EE99EA

split-complementary

#EEC799 #99EAEE #9D99EE

monochromatic

#DD8D30 #E5AA65 #EEC799 #F7E4CD #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EEC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#EEC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC799

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC799	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.075 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d8b7',
    500: '#eec799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec799;
$custom-light: #f5d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.471,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85244,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC799

secondary

#6191CA

accent

#6BD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC799

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

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