#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
RGBrgb(238, 178, 81)
HSLhsl(37, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(37, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.2%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.45, 12.21, 56.61)
CIE-LCHlch(76.45, 57.91, 77.83°)
OKLaboklab(80.15% 0.0304 0.1289)
OKLCHoklch(80.15% 0.132 76.7)
XYZxyz(52.6687, 50.6159, 14.7788)
Luminance0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##EEB2511.001.8911.1211.12
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1221.001.001.00
##00000011.1221.001.001.00

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

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#EEB251 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva