#EEC99E#EEC99E

#EEC99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.070 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC99E
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(32, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, 7.06, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 27.31, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% 0.0231 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.07 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3194, 62.4216, 41.1070)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC99E #9EC3EE

analogous

#EEA19E #EEC99E #EBEE9E

triadic

#EEC99E #9EEEC9 #C99EEE

tetradic

#EEC99E #9EEEA1 #9EC3EE #EE9EEB

square

#EEC99E #9EEEA1 #9EC3EE #EE9EEB

split-complementary

#EEC99E #9EEBEE #A19EEE

monochromatic

#DC8F36 #E5AC6A #EEC99E #F7E6D2 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#EEC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC99E

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC99E	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)

#D6CA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.070 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9bb',
    500: '#eec99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec99e;
$custom-light: #f4d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8573,
    "c": 0.07036,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC99E

secondary

#6694CB

accent

#6CD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC99E

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

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