#EEC97E#EEC97E

#EEC97E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.103 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC97E
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 47.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, 3.61, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 42.35, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% 0.0106 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.103 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9146, 61.4597, 28.4416)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC97E #7EA3EE

analogous

#EE917E #EEC97E #DBEE7E

triadic

#EEC97E #7EEEC9 #C97EEE

tetradic

#EEC97E #7EEE91 #7EA3EE #EE7EDB

square

#EEC97E #7EEE91 #7EA3EE #EE7EDB

split-complementary

#EEC97E #7EDBEE #917EEE

monochromatic

#D5981C #E7B248 #EEC97E #F5E0B4 #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EEC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#EEC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC97E

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC97E	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.103 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d9a4',
    500: '#eec97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec97e;
$custom-light: #f6d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.179,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85161,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC97E

secondary

#4872C8

accent

#50D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC97E

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

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