#EEC899#EEC899

#EEC899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.075 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC899
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, 6.99, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 29.38, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% 0.0226 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.075 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6654, 61.7883, 38.8090)
Luminance	0.6179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC899 #99BFEE

analogous

#EE9E99 #EEC899 #EAEE99

triadic

#EEC899 #99EEC8 #C899EE

tetradic

#EEC899 #99EE9E #99BFEE #EE99EA

square

#EEC899 #99EE9E #99BFEE #EE99EA

split-complementary

#EEC899 #99EAEE #9E99EE

monochromatic

#DD8F30 #E5AC65 #EEC899 #F7E4CD #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EEC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#EEC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC899

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC899	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.075 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d8b7',
    500: '#eec899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec899;
$custom-light: #f5d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.176,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85437,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC899

secondary

#6190CA

accent

#69D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC899

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

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