#EEC979#EEC979

#EEC979 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.107 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC979
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, 3.14, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 44.72, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% 0.0087 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.108 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6000, 61.3339, 26.7848)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC979 #799EEE

analogous

#EE8F79 #EEC979 #D8EE79

triadic

#EEC979 #79EEC9 #C979EE

tetradic

#EEC979 #79EE8F #799EEE #EE79D8

square

#EEC979 #79EE8F #799EEE #EE79D8

split-complementary

#EEC979 #79D8EE #8F79EE

monochromatic

#D2981B #E7B343 #EEC979 #F5DFAF #FCF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EEC979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#EEC979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC979

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC979	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.107 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d9a1',
    500: '#eec979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec979;
$custom-light: #f6d9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85086,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC979

secondary

#446DC7

accent

#4DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC979

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

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