#EEB249#EEB249

#EEB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.138 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB249
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 11.77, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 61.20, 78.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.028 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.138 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3862, 50.5029, 13.2910)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB249 #4985EE

analogous

#EE5F49 #EEB249 #D7EE49

triadic

#EEB249 #49EEB2 #B249EE

tetradic

#EEB249 #49EE5F #4985EE #EE49D7

square

#EEB249 #49EE5F #4985EE #EE49D7

split-complementary

#EEB249 #49D7EE #5F49EE

monochromatic

#AC7410 #E49915 #EEB249 #F3CA81 #F8E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#EEB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB249

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB249	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)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.138 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c881',
    500: '#eeb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb249;
$custom-light: #f8c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80069,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB249

secondary

#2E5CAD

accent

#55DF06

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB249

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

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