#EEB051#EEB051

#EEB051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.132 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB051
RGB	rgb(238, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 13.27, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 57.63, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0335 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.132 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2737, 49.8258, 14.6472)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB051 #518FEE

analogous

#EE6251 #EEB051 #DDEE51

triadic

#EEB051 #51EEB0 #B051EE

tetradic

#EEB051 #51EE62 #518FEE #EE51DD

square

#EEB051 #51EE62 #518FEE #EE51DD

split-complementary

#EEB051 #51DDEE #6251EE

monochromatic

#B37311 #E99719 #EEB051 #F3C989 #F9E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#EEB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#EEB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB051

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB051	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.132 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c786',
    500: '#eeb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb051;
$custom-light: #f8c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.306,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79767,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB051

secondary

#B1C7EA

accent

#5CDF07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB051

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

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