#EEB23D#EEB23D

#EEB23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB23D
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 11.21, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 65.83, 80.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0249 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.145 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0261, 50.3588, 11.3941)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB23D #3D79EE

analogous

#EE593D #EEB23D #D1EE3D

triadic

#EEB23D #3DEEB2 #B23DEE

tetradic

#EEB23D #3DEE59 #3D79EE #EE3DD1

square

#EEB23D #3DEE59 #3D79EE #EE3DD1

split-complementary

#EEB23D #3DD1EE #593DEE

monochromatic

#A2700E #DB9713 #EEB23D #F3C875 #F8DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EEB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#EEB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB23D

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB23D	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c87a',
    500: '#eeb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb23d;
$custom-light: #f9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79972,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB23D

secondary

#2B54A4

accent

#73FA2E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB23D

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

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