#EEC991#EEC991

#EEC991 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.083 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC991
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 145)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, 5.55, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 33.32, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% 0.0179 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.083 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.2590, 61.9975, 35.5225)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC991 #91B6EE

analogous

#EE9A91 #EEC991 #E4EE91

triadic

#EEC991 #91EEC9 #C991EE

tetradic

#EEC991 #91EE9A #91B6EE #EE91E4

square

#EEC991 #91EE9A #91B6EE #EE91E4

split-complementary

#EEC991 #91E4EE #9A91EE

monochromatic

#DE9527 #E6AF5C #EEC991 #F6E3C6 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EEC991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#EEC991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC991

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC991	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.083 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b1',
    500: '#eec991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec991;
$custom-light: #f5d9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.129,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8548,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC991

secondary

#5A86CA

accent

#5FD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC991

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

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