#EEB161#EEB161

#EEB161 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB161
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 13.77, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 50.88, 74.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0371 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.12 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1427, 50.4883, 18.2532)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB161 #619EEE

analogous

#EE6B61 #EEB161 #E4EE61

triadic

#EEB161 #61EEB1 #B161EE

tetradic

#EEB161 #61EE6B #619EEE #EE61E4

square

#EEB161 #61EE6B #619EEE #EE61E4

split-complementary

#EEB161 #61E4EE #6B61EE

monochromatic

#C07615 #E8962A #EEB161 #F4CC98 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#EEB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB161

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB161	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c890',
    500: '#eeb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb161;
$custom-light: #f7c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.043,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB161

secondary

#3570BE

accent

#64DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB161

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

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