#EECE99#EECE99

#EECE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.077 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE99
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(37, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, 3.86, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 30.78, 82.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% 0.0135 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.077 80)
XYZ	xyz(63.0823, 64.6222, 39.2813)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE99 #99B9EE

analogous

#EEA499 #EECE99 #E4EE99

triadic

#EECE99 #99EECE #CE99EE

tetradic

#EECE99 #99EEA4 #99B9EE #EE99E4

square

#EECE99 #99EEA4 #99B9EE #EE99E4

split-complementary

#EECE99 #99E4EE #A499EE

monochromatic

#DD9C30 #E5B565 #EECE99 #F7E7CD #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EECE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EECE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE99

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE99	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.077 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dcb7',
    500: '#eece99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece99;
$custom-light: #f5dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.412,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86605,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.6462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE99

secondary

#6189CA

accent

#5BD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE99

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

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