#EEB157#EEB157

#EEB157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB157
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 13.10, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 55.22, 76.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0338 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.128 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7055, 50.3134, 15.9505)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB157 #5794EE

analogous

#EE6557 #EEB157 #DFEE57

triadic

#EEB157 #57EEB1 #B157EE

tetradic

#EEB157 #57EE65 #5794EE #EE57DF

square

#EEB157 #57EE65 #5794EE #EE57DF

split-complementary

#EEB157 #57DFEE #6557EE

monochromatic

#B87513 #E8971F #EEB157 #F4CB8F #F9E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EEB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#EEB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB157

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB157	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)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#eeb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb157;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.762,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80019,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB157

secondary

#3268B7

accent

#5EDE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB157

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

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