#EEC99D#EEC99D

#EEC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.071 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC99D
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, 6.94, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 27.76, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% 0.0227 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.071 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2337, 62.3874, 40.6556)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC99D #9DC2EE

analogous

#EEA19D #EEC99D #EAEE9D

triadic

#EEC99D #9DEEC9 #C99DEE

tetradic

#EEC99D #9DEEA1 #9DC2EE #EE9DEA

square

#EEC99D #9DEEA1 #9DC2EE #EE9DEA

split-complementary

#EEC99D #9DEAEE #A19DEE

monochromatic

#DC9035 #E5AC69 #EEC99D #F7E6D1 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#EEC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC99D

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC99D	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.071 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9ba',
    500: '#eec99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec99d;
$custom-light: #f4d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8571,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC99D

secondary

#6593CB

accent

#6AD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC99D

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

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