#EEC868#EEC868
#EEC868 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.123 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC868 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 200, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 56.3%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.10, 2.25, 52.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.10, 52.38, 87.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.66% 0.0042 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.66% 0.123 88) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4154, 60.4883, 21.6925) |
| Luminance | 0.6048 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.07
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.14
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.29
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.09
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.60
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC868 #688EEE
analogous
#EE8568 #EEC868 #D1EE68
triadic
#EEC868 #68EEC8 #C868EE
tetradic
#EEC868 #68EE85 #688EEE #EE68D1
square
#EEC868 #68EE85 #688EEE #EE68D1
split-complementary
#EEC868 #68D1EE #8568EE
monochromatic
#C59416 #E8B431 #EEC868 #F4DC9F #FAF0D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#EEC868 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.10
#EEC868 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC868
13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC868 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC868 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC65F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D16C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBAB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec868; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.123 88.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d896',
500: '#eec868',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec868; $custom-light: #f6d896; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec868",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 200,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.985,
"s": 79.762,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84662,
"c": 0.12273,
"h": 88
},
"luminance": 0.60485
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC868
secondary
#375FC3
accent
#45DC09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F