#EEC987#EEC987

#EEC987 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.094 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC987
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, 4.49, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 38.06, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% 0.014 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.094 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5216, 61.7025, 31.6389)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC987 #87ACEE

analogous

#EE9587 #EEC987 #DFEE87

triadic

#EEC987 #87EEC9 #C987EE

tetradic

#EEC987 #87EE95 #87ACEE #EE87DF

square

#EEC987 #87EE95 #87ACEE #EE87DF

split-complementary

#EEC987 #87DFEE #9587EE

monochromatic

#DC981F #E6B151 #EEC987 #F6E1BD #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EEC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#EEC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC987

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC987	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.094 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9ab',
    500: '#eec987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec987;
$custom-light: #f5d9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85305,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC987

secondary

#507CC9

accent

#56D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC987

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

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