#EEC971#EEC971

#EEC971 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.115 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC971
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, 2.45, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 48.49, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% 0.0058 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.115 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1296, 61.1457, 24.3074)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC971 #7196EE

analogous

#EE8B71 #EEC971 #D5EE71

triadic

#EEC971 #71EEC9 #C971EE

tetradic

#EEC971 #71EE8B #7196EE #EE71D5

square

#EEC971 #71EE8B #7196EE #EE71D5

split-complementary

#EEC971 #71D5EE #8B71EE

monochromatic

#CC9718 #E7B43A #EEC971 #F5DEA8 #FBF3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#EEC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC971

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC971	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.115 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99c',
    500: '#eec971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec971;
$custom-light: #f6d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84974,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC971

secondary

#3D65C7

accent

#48DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC971

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

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