#EEC9AD#EEC9AD

#EEC9AD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.056 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC9AD
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(26, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 27.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, 8.97, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 20.89, 64.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% 0.029 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.056 59)
XYZ	xyz(63.6902, 62.9700, 48.3266)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC9AD #ADD2EE

analogous

#EEADB1 #EEC9AD #EEE9AD

triadic

#EEC9AD #ADEEC9 #C9ADEE

tetradic

#EEC9AD #B1EEAD #ADD2EE #E9ADEE

square

#EEC9AD #B1EEAD #ADD2EE #E9ADEE

split-complementary

#EEC9AD #ADEEE9 #ADB1EE

monochromatic

#D98648 #E3A87A #EEC9AD #F9EAE0 #FAEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EEC9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#EEC9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC9AD

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC9AD	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.056 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9c5',
    500: '#eec9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec9ad;
$custom-light: #f4d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86052,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.62968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC9AD

secondary

#74A6CB

accent

#7FCE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF9

border

#D6D4D2

text

#171413

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC9AD

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

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