#EEC86E#EEC86E
#EEC86E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.117 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEC86E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 200, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 79%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.8%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.17, 2.72, 49.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.17, 49.61, 86.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.74% 0.0063 0.1172) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.74% 0.117 86.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7311, 60.6146, 23.3551) |
| Luminance | 0.6061 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.96
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.98
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.99
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.20
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.79
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEC86E #6E94EE
analogous
#EE886E #EEC86E #D4EE6E
triadic
#EEC86E #6EEEC8 #C86EEE
tetradic
#EEC86E #6EEE88 #6E94EE #EE6ED4
square
#EEC86E #6EEE88 #6E94EE #EE6ED4
split-complementary
#EEC86E #6ED4EE #886EEE
monochromatic
#CA9518 #E8B337 #EEC86E #F4DDA5 #FBF2DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#EEC86E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.12
#EEC86E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEC86E
13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEC86E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEC86E | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.12 | 13.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC666
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D171
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBAB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eec86e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.117 86.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d89a',
500: '#eec86e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eec86e; $custom-light: #f6d89a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eec86e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 200,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.188,
"s": 79.012,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84737,
"c": 0.11732,
"h": 86.9
},
"luminance": 0.60611
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEC86E
secondary
#3A64C6
accent
#48DB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F