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#EEC79F

#eec79f ≈ Light Apricot

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eec79f is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 78.04% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.39% magenta, 33.19% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 30.38°, with 69.91% saturation and 77.84% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Apricot (#fdd5b1), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6153

Complementary

  1. #eec79f
  2. #9fc6ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec79f
  2. #9fedee
  3. #9f9fee

Analogous

  1. #ee9f9f
  2. #eec79f
  3. #edee9f

Triadic

  1. #eec79f
  2. #9feec7
  3. #c79fee

Tetradic

  1. #eec79f
  2. #c6ee9f
  3. #9fc6ee
  4. #c79fee

Square

  1. #eec79f
  2. #9fee9f
  3. #9fc6ee
  4. #ee9fed

Monochromatic

  1. #cf7b25
  2. #e2a15e
  3. #eec79f
  4. #faede0
  5. #fcf5ee

Shades

#eec79f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec79f
  2. #d6b38f
  3. #be9f7f
  4. #a78b6f
  5. #8f775f
  6. #776450
  7. #5f5040
  8. #473c30
  9. #302820
  10. #181410
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec79f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec79f
  2. #f0cda9
  3. #f1d2b2
  4. #f3d8bc
  5. #f5ddc5
  6. #f7e3cf
  7. #f8e9d9
  8. #faeee2
  9. #fcf4ec
  10. #fdf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec79f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec79f
  2. #e3c09c
  3. #d8b999
  4. #cdb296
  5. #c2ab93
  6. #b7a490
  7. #ac9c8c
  8. #a19589
  9. #968e86
  10. #8b8783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbcbbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c99c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddd1a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbbebc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfc89d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4cd9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6c2b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec79f {
  color: #eec79f;
}
Background
.bg-eec79f {
  background-color: #eec79f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec79f {
  border: 2px solid #eec79f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec79f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 199 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 70% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec79f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec79f, #edee9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec79f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 199 159 / 0.35);
}

#fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 3.68 #ffcc99 Peach Orange ΔE 3.81 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 4.48 #edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 4.51 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 4.80 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 4.88 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 5.29 #113860 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Apricot
#eec79f  rgb(238, 199, 159)  hsl(30, 70%, 78%)  Light Apricot
#9fc6ee  rgb(159, 198, 238)  hsl(210, 70%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#9feec7  rgb(159, 238, 199)  hsl(150, 70%, 78%)  Magic Mint
#c79fee  rgb(199, 159, 238)  hsl(270, 70%, 78%)  Wisteria