#EEC969#EEC969

#EEC969 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.122 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC969
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, 1.81, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 52.20, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% 0.003 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.122 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6989, 60.9734, 22.0391)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC969 #698EEE

analogous

#EE8669 #EEC969 #D1EE69

triadic

#EEC969 #69EEC9 #C969EE

tetradic

#EEC969 #69EE86 #698EEE #EE69D1

square

#EEC969 #69EE86 #698EEE #EE69D1

split-complementary

#EEC969 #69D1EE #8669EE

monochromatic

#C69516 #E8B532 #EEC969 #F4DDA0 #FAF1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#EEC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC969

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC969	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.122 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d996',
    500: '#eec969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec969;
$custom-light: #f6d996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84871,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC969

secondary

#385FC4

accent

#44DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC969

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

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