#EECC6F#EECC6F
#EECC6F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.119 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EECC6F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 204, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 79%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 53.4%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.19, 0.74, 50.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.19, 50.28, 89.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.54% 0.0006 0.1189) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.54% 0.119 89.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7244, 62.5135, 23.9563) |
| Luminance | 0.6251 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.80
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.95
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.08
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.28
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EECC6F #6F91EE
analogous
#EE8C6F #EECC6F #D0EE6F
triadic
#EECC6F #6FEECC #CC6FEE
tetradic
#EECC6F #6FEE8C #6F91EE #EE6FD0
square
#EECC6F #6FEE8C #6F91EE #EE6FD0
split-complementary
#EECC6F #6FD0EE #8C6FEE
monochromatic
#CB9B18 #E8B938 #EECC6F #F4DFA6 #FBF3DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#EECC6F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.50
#EECC6F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EECC6F
13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EECC6F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EECC6F | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.50 | 13.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DECA67
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D372
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eecc6f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.119 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6db9a',
500: '#eecc6f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eecc6f; $custom-light: #f6db9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eecc6f",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 204,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.937,
"s": 78.882,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85541,
"c": 0.11885,
"h": 89.7
},
"luminance": 0.62511
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EECC6F
secondary
#3B60C6
accent
#42DB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F