#EEC99C#EEC99C

#EEC99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.072 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC99C
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, 6.82, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 28.21, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% 0.0223 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.072 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.1486, 62.3533, 40.2078)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC99C #9CC1EE

analogous

#EEA09C #EEC99C #EAEE9C

triadic

#EEC99C #9CEEC9 #C99CEE

tetradic

#EEC99C #9CEEA0 #9CC1EE #EE9CEA

square

#EEC99C #9CEEA0 #9CC1EE #EE9CEA

split-complementary

#EEC99C #9CEAEE #A09CEE

monochromatic

#DC9034 #E5AD68 #EEC99C #F7E5D0 #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#EEC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC99C

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC99C	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.072 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b9',
    500: '#eec99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec99c;
$custom-light: #f5d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.927,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8569,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC99C

secondary

#6492CB

accent

#69D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC99C

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

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