#EEC975#EEC975

#EEC975 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.111 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC975
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 50.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, 2.79, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 46.61, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% 0.0073 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.111 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3597, 61.2378, 25.5196)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC975 #759AEE

analogous

#EE8D75 #EEC975 #D7EE75

triadic

#EEC975 #75EEC9 #C975EE

tetradic

#EEC975 #75EE8D #759AEE #EE75D7

square

#EEC975 #75EE8D #759AEE #EE75D7

split-complementary

#EEC975 #75D7EE #8D75EE

monochromatic

#CF981A #E7B43F #EEC975 #F5DEAB #FBF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EEC975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#EEC975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC975

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC975	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.111 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d99e',
    500: '#eec975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec975;
$custom-light: #f6d99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 78.065,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85029,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC975

secondary

#4069C7

accent

#4BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC975

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

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