#EEB049#EEB049

#EEB049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB049
RGB	rgb(238, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 12.83, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 60.92, 77.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0311 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.137 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9912, 49.7128, 13.1593)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB049 #4987EE

analogous

#EE5D49 #EEB049 #D9EE49

triadic

#EEB049 #49EEB0 #B049EE

tetradic

#EEB049 #49EE5D #4987EE #EE49D9

square

#EEB049 #49EE5D #4987EE #EE49D9

split-complementary

#EEB049 #49D9EE #5D49EE

monochromatic

#AC7210 #E49715 #EEB049 #F3C881 #F8E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#EEB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#EEB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB049

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB049	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c781',
    500: '#eeb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb049;
$custom-light: #f8c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.455,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7969,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB049

secondary

#AAC2E9

accent

#58DF06

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB049

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

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