#EEC974#EEC974

#EEC974 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.112 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC974
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 116)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, 2.70, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 47.08, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% 0.0069 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.112 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3013, 61.2144, 25.2116)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC974 #7499EE

analogous

#EE8C74 #EEC974 #D6EE74

triadic

#EEC974 #74EEC9 #C974EE

tetradic

#EEC974 #74EE8C #7499EE #EE74D6

square

#EEC974 #74EE8C #7499EE #EE74D6

split-complementary

#EEC974 #74D6EE #8C74EE

monochromatic

#CE9719 #E7B43D #EEC974 #F5DEAB #FBF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#EEC974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC974

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC974	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)

#DBC86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.112 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99e',
    500: '#eec974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec974;
$custom-light: #f6d99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85015,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC974

secondary

#3F68C7

accent

#4ADA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC974

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

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