#EEC977#EEC977

#EEC977 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.109 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC977
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 119)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, 2.97, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 45.67, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% 0.008 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.109 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4786, 61.2853, 26.1455)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC977 #779CEE

analogous

#EE8E77 #EEC977 #D7EE77

triadic

#EEC977 #77EEC9 #C977EE

tetradic

#EEC977 #77EE8E #779CEE #EE77D7

square

#EEC977 #77EE8E #779CEE #EE77D7

split-complementary

#EEC977 #77D7EE #8E77EE

monochromatic

#D1981A #E7B341 #EEC977 #F5DFAD #FCF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EEC977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#EEC977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC977

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC977	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.109 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d9a0',
    500: '#eec977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec977;
$custom-light: #f6d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.345,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85057,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC977

secondary

#426BC7

accent

#4CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC977

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →