#EEC973#EEC973

#EEC973 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.113 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC973
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 115)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, 2.62, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 47.55, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85% 0.0065 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.113 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2434, 61.1912, 24.9069)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC973 #7398EE

analogous

#EE8C73 #EEC973 #D6EE73

triadic

#EEC973 #73EEC9 #C973EE

tetradic

#EEC973 #73EE8C #7398EE #EE73D6

square

#EEC973 #73EE8C #7398EE #EE73D6

split-complementary

#EEC973 #73D6EE #8C73EE

monochromatic

#CE9719 #E7B43C #EEC973 #F5DEAA #FBF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#EEC973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC973

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC973	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.113 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99d',
    500: '#eec973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec973;
$custom-light: #f6d99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85001,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC973

secondary

#3E67C7

accent

#49DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC973

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

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