#eec27d

Color #eec27d

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 11.16 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#eec27d

RGB

rgb(238, 194, 125)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 76.9%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 47.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 47.5%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(80.87, 7.16, 40.49)

LCH

lch(80.87, 41.12, 79.97)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.1004, 77.98)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 49%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7da9ee

Analogous

#ee8a7d

#eec27d

#e2ee7d

Triadic

#eec27d

#7deec2

#c27dee

Split-complementary

#eec27d

#7de2ee

#8a7dee

Tetradic

#eec27d

#a9ee7d

#7da9ee

#c27dee

Square

#eec27d

#7dee8a

#7da9ee

#ee7de2

Shades

Color #eec27d mixed toward black.

#e7a948

#d68e1c

#a16a15

#6b470e

#362307

Tints

Color #eec27d mixed toward white.

#f1cc93

#f4d6a8

#f7e0be

#f9ebd4

#fcf5e9

Tones

Color #eec27d mixed toward gray.

#e5c086

#dbbe90

#d2bc99

#c8baa3

#bfb8ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdc92 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#dfe296 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#eca0a3 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #eec27d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#eec27d]

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Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#eec27d (#eec27d) is rgb(238, 194, 125) in RGB.

No, #eec27d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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