#EEC99B#EEC99B

#EEC99B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.073 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC99B
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, 6.70, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 28.67, 76.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% 0.0219 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.073 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0643, 62.3196, 39.7637)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC99B #9BC0EE

analogous

#EEA09B #EEC99B #EAEE9B

triadic

#EEC99B #9BEEC9 #C99BEE

tetradic

#EEC99B #9BEEA0 #9BC0EE #EE9BEA

square

#EEC99B #9BEEA0 #9BC0EE #EE9BEA

split-complementary

#EEC99B #9BEAEE #A09BEE

monochromatic

#DC9132 #E5AD67 #EEC99B #F7E5CF #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#EEC99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC99B

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC99B	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.073 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b8',
    500: '#eec99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec99b;
$custom-light: #f5d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.253,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8567,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC99B

secondary

#6391CA

accent

#68D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC99B

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

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