#EEC970#EEC970

#EEC970 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.116 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC970
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, 2.37, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 48.96, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% 0.0055 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.116 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0736, 61.1233, 24.0125)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC970 #7095EE

analogous

#EE8A70 #EEC970 #D4EE70

triadic

#EEC970 #70EEC9 #C970EE

tetradic

#EEC970 #70EE8A #7095EE #EE70D4

square

#EEC970 #70EE8A #7095EE #EE70D4

split-complementary

#EEC970 #70D4EE #8A70EE

monochromatic

#CB9718 #E7B439 #EEC970 #F5DEA7 #FBF2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EEC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC970

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC970	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)

#DBC768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.116 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99b',
    500: '#eec970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec970;
$custom-light: #f6d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84961,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC970

secondary

#3C64C7

accent

#48DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC970

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

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