#EEB162#EEB162

#EEB162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB162
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 13.85, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 50.44, 74.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0374 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.12 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1896, 50.5071, 18.5003)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB162 #629FEE

analogous

#EE6B62 #EEB162 #E5EE62

triadic

#EEB162 #62EEB1 #B162EE

tetradic

#EEB162 #62EE6B #629FEE #EE62E5

square

#EEB162 #62EE6B #629FEE #EE62E5

split-complementary

#EEB162 #62E5EE #6B62EE

monochromatic

#C17615 #E8962B #EEB162 #F4CC99 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#EEB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB162

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB162	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)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c891',
    500: '#eeb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb162;
$custom-light: #f7c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80149,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB162

secondary

#3571BF

accent

#65DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB162

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

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