#EEC978#EEC978

#EEC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.108 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC978
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, 3.05, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 45.20, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% 0.0084 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.108 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5390, 61.3095, 26.4635)
Luminance	0.6131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC978 #789DEE

analogous

#EE8E78 #EEC978 #D8EE78

triadic

#EEC978 #78EEC9 #C978EE

tetradic

#EEC978 #78EE8E #789DEE #EE78D8

square

#EEC978 #78EE8E #789DEE #EE78D8

split-complementary

#EEC978 #78D8EE #8E78EE

monochromatic

#D1981A #E7B342 #EEC978 #F5DFAE #FCF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EEC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#EEC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC978

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC978	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)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.108 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d9a0',
    500: '#eec978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec978;
$custom-light: #f6d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.186,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85072,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC978

secondary

#436CC7

accent

#4CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC978

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

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