#EEC998#EEC998

#EEC998 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.076 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC998
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 152)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(34, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 36.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, 6.35, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 30.05, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% 0.0207 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.076 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8155, 62.2201, 38.4533)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC998 #98BDEE

analogous

#EE9E98 #EEC998 #E8EE98

triadic

#EEC998 #98EEC9 #C998EE

tetradic

#EEC998 #98EE9E #98BDEE #EE98E8

square

#EEC998 #98EE9E #98BDEE #EE98E8

split-complementary

#EEC998 #98E8EE #9E98EE

monochromatic

#DD922F #E5AD63 #EEC998 #F7E5CD #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EEC998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC998

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC998	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)

#D7CA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.076 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b6',
    500: '#eec998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec998;
$custom-light: #f5d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.186,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85611,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC998

secondary

#608ECA

accent

#65D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC998

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

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