#EEB144#EEB144

#EEB144 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB144
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 71.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 12.05, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 63.04, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0282 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.141 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0288, 50.0428, 12.3867)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB144 #4481EE

analogous

#EE5C44 #EEB144 #D6EE44

triadic

#EEB144 #44EEB1 #B144EE

tetradic

#EEB144 #44EE5C #4481EE #EE44D6

square

#EEB144 #44EE5C #4481EE #EE44D6

split-complementary

#EEB144 #44D6EE #5C44EE

monochromatic

#A8710F #E09714 #EEB144 #F3C87C #F8E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EEB144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#EEB144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB144

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB144	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c87e',
    500: '#eeb144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb144;
$custom-light: #f8c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.471,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB144

secondary

#2D59AA

accent

#77FA2E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB144

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

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