#EEB156#EEB156

#EEB156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB156
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 13.04, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 55.65, 76.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% 0.0335 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.129 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6649, 50.2972, 15.7368)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB156 #5693EE

analogous

#EE6556 #EEB156 #DFEE56

triadic

#EEB156 #56EEB1 #B156EE

tetradic

#EEB156 #56EE65 #5693EE #EE56DF

square

#EEB156 #56EE65 #5693EE #EE56DF

split-complementary

#EEB156 #56DFEE #6556EE

monochromatic

#B77512 #E8971E #EEB156 #F4CB8E #F9E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EEB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#EEB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB156

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB156	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#eeb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb156;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.921,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80008,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB156

secondary

#3267B7

accent

#5EDE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB156

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

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