#EECC79#EECC79

#EECC79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.109 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC79
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, 1.59, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 45.57, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.0042 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.109 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.3061, 62.7462, 27.0201)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC79 #799BEE

analogous

#EE9179 #EECC79 #D5EE79

triadic

#EECC79 #79EECC #CC79EE

tetradic

#EECC79 #79EE91 #799BEE #EE79D5

square

#EECC79 #79EE91 #799BEE #EE79D5

split-complementary

#EECC79 #79D5EE #9179EE

monochromatic

#D29D1B #E7B743 #EECC79 #F5E1AF #FCF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#EECC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC79

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC79	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.109 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dba1',
    500: '#eecc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc79;
$custom-light: #f6dba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85677,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC79

secondary

#446AC7

accent

#48DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC79

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

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