#EEB149#EEB149

#EEB149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB149
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 12.30, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 61.06, 78.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0296 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.138 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1880, 50.1064, 13.2249)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB149 #4986EE

analogous

#EE5E49 #EEB149 #D9EE49

triadic

#EEB149 #49EEB1 #B149EE

tetradic

#EEB149 #49EE5E #4986EE #EE49D9

square

#EEB149 #49EE5E #4986EE #EE49D9

split-complementary

#EEB149 #49D9EE #5E49EE

monochromatic

#AC7310 #E49815 #EEB149 #F3C981 #F8E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EEB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#EEB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB149

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB149	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c881',
    500: '#eeb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb149;
$custom-light: #f8c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.818,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79879,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB149

secondary

#2E5DAD

accent

#56DF06

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB149

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

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