#EEC99F#EEC99F

#EEC99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.069 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC99F
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(32, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, 7.18, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 26.86, 74.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% 0.0235 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.069 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4058, 62.4562, 41.5622)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC99F #9FC4EE

analogous

#EEA19F #EEC99F #EBEE9F

triadic

#EEC99F #9FEEC9 #C99FEE

tetradic

#EEC99F #9FEEA1 #9FC4EE #EE9FEB

square

#EEC99F #9FEEA1 #9FC4EE #EE9FEB

split-complementary

#EEC99F #9FEBEE #A19FEE

monochromatic

#DC8F37 #E5AC6B #EEC99F #F7E6D3 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EEC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#EEC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC99F

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC99F	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.069 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9bb',
    500: '#eec99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec99f;
$custom-light: #f4d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.899,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85751,
    "c": 0.06937,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC99F

secondary

#6695CB

accent

#6DD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171412

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC99F

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

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