#EEC96E#EEC96E

#EEC96E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.118 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC96E
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, 2.20, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 49.89, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% 0.0048 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.118 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9635, 61.0793, 23.4325)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC96E #6E93EE

analogous

#EE896E #EEC96E #D3EE6E

triadic

#EEC96E #6EEEC9 #C96EEE

tetradic

#EEC96E #6EEE89 #6E93EE #EE6ED3

square

#EEC96E #6EEE89 #6E93EE #EE6ED3

split-complementary

#EEC96E #6ED3EE #896EEE

monochromatic

#CA9618 #E8B537 #EEC96E #F4DDA5 #FBF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EEC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC96E

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC96E	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.118 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99a',
    500: '#eec96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec96e;
$custom-light: #f6d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84935,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC96E

secondary

#3A62C6

accent

#47DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC96E

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

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