#EEC9B2#EEC9B2

#EEC9B2 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.052 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC9B2
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(23, 64%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(23, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 25.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, 9.65, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 19.00, 59.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% 0.031 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.052 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1831, 63.1671, 50.9224)
Luminance	0.6317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC9B2 #B2D7EE

analogous

#EEB2B9 #EEC9B2 #EEE7B2

triadic

#EEC9B2 #B2EEC9 #C9B2EE

tetradic

#EEC9B2 #B9EEB2 #B2D7EE #E7B2EE

square

#EEC9B2 #B9EEB2 #B2D7EE #E7B2EE

split-complementary

#EEC9B2 #B2EEE7 #B2B9EE

monochromatic

#D8834E #E3A680 #EEC9B2 #F9ECE4 #F9EDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EEC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#EEC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC9B2

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC9B2	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.052 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9c9',
    500: '#eec9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec9b2;
$custom-light: #f4d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86167,
    "c": 0.05235,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC9B2

secondary

#79ACCC

accent

#87CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF9

border

#D6D4D2

text

#171413

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC9B2

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

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