#EEC96C#EEC96C

#EEC96C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.120 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC96C
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, 2.04, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 50.81, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% 0.0041 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.12 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8558, 61.0362, 22.8655)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC96C #6C91EE

analogous

#EE886C #EEC96C #D2EE6C

triadic

#EEC96C #6CEEC9 #C96CEE

tetradic

#EEC96C #6CEE88 #6C91EE #EE6CD2

square

#EEC96C #6CEE88 #6C91EE #EE6CD2

split-complementary

#EEC96C #6CD2EE #886CEE

monochromatic

#C89617 #E8B535 #EEC96C #F4DDA3 #FBF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#EEC96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC96C

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC96C	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.120 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d998',
    500: '#eec96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec96c;
$custom-light: #f6d998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84909,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC96C

secondary

#3961C6

accent

#46DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC96C

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

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