#EEC994#EEC994

#EEC994 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.080 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC994
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(35, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 37.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, 5.89, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 31.91, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% 0.0191 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.08 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.4934, 62.0913, 36.7569)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC994 #94B9EE

analogous

#EE9C94 #EEC994 #E6EE94

triadic

#EEC994 #94EEC9 #C994EE

tetradic

#EEC994 #94EE9C #94B9EE #EE94E6

square

#EEC994 #94EE9C #94B9EE #EE94E6

split-complementary

#EEC994 #94E6EE #9C94EE

monochromatic

#DD942A #E6AE5F #EEC994 #F6E4C9 #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EEC994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#EEC994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC994

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC994	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.080 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b4',
    500: '#eec994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec994;
$custom-light: #f5d9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.333,
    "s": 72.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC994

secondary

#5C89CA

accent

#61D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC994

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

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