#EEC997#EEC997

#EEC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.077 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC997
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(34, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, 6.23, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 30.51, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% 0.0203 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.077 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7339, 62.1875, 38.0237)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC997 #97BCEE

analogous

#EE9E97 #EEC997 #E8EE97

triadic

#EEC997 #97EEC9 #C997EE

tetradic

#EEC997 #97EE9E #97BCEE #EE97E8

square

#EEC997 #97EE9E #97BCEE #EE97E8

split-complementary

#EEC997 #97E8EE #9E97EE

monochromatic

#DD922E #E5AE62 #EEC997 #F7E4CC #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EEC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC997

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC997	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.077 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b6',
    500: '#eec997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec997;
$custom-light: #f5d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.483,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85592,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC997

secondary

#5F8DCA

accent

#64D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC997

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

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