#EEB178#EEB178

#EEB178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.102 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB178
RGB	rgb(238, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(29, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 15.64, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 40.84, 67.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0455 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.102 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3748, 50.9812, 24.7421)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB178 #78B5EE

analogous

#EE787A #EEB178 #EEEC78

triadic

#EEB178 #78EEB1 #B178EE

tetradic

#EEB178 #7AEE78 #78B5EE #EC78EE

square

#EEB178 #7AEE78 #78B5EE #EC78EE

split-complementary

#EEB178 #78EEEC #787AEE

monochromatic

#D1731A #E79242 #EEB178 #F5D0AE #FCEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EEB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#EEB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB178

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB178	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.102 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c8a0',
    500: '#eeb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb178;
$custom-light: #f6c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.983,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB178

secondary

#4387C7

accent

#76DA0C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB178

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

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