#EEB251#EEB251

#EEB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.132 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB251
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 12.21, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 57.91, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0304 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.132 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6687, 50.6159, 14.7788)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB251 #518DEE

analogous

#EE6351 #EEB251 #DCEE51

triadic

#EEB251 #51EEB2 #B251EE

tetradic

#EEB251 #51EE63 #518DEE #EE51DC

square

#EEB251 #51EE63 #518DEE #EE51DC

split-complementary

#EEB251 #51DCEE #6351EE

monochromatic

#B37511 #E99919 #EEB251 #F3CB89 #F9E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#EEB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB251

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB251	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.132 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c886',
    500: '#eeb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb251;
$custom-light: #f8c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.07,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB251

secondary

#3062B3

accent

#59DF07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB251

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

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