#EEB044#EEB044

#EEB044 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB044
RGB	rgb(238, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 71.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, 12.58, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 62.90, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0298 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.141 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8320, 49.6492, 12.3211)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB044 #4482EE

analogous

#EE5B44 #EEB044 #D7EE44

triadic

#EEB044 #44EEB0 #B044EE

tetradic

#EEB044 #44EE5B #4482EE #EE44D7

square

#EEB044 #44EE5B #4482EE #EE44D7

split-complementary

#EEB044 #44D7EE #5B44EE

monochromatic

#A8710F #E09614 #EEB044 #F3C87C #F8DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#EEB044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#EEB044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB044

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB044	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c77e',
    500: '#eeb044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb044;
$custom-light: #f8c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.118,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB044

secondary

#A6BEE8

accent

#78FA2E

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB044

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

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