#EEB252#EEB252

#EEB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.132 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB252
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 65.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 12.27, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 57.49, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0307 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.132 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7065, 50.6310, 14.9778)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB252 #528EEE

analogous

#EE6452 #EEB252 #DCEE52

triadic

#EEB252 #52EEB2 #B252EE

tetradic

#EEB252 #52EE64 #528EEE #EE52DC

square

#EEB252 #52EE64 #528EEE #EE52DC

split-complementary

#EEB252 #52DCEE #6452EE

monochromatic

#B47612 #E9991A #EEB252 #F3CB8A #F9E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#EEB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB252

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB252	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.132 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c886',
    500: '#eeb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb252;
$custom-light: #f8c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80155,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB252

secondary

#3163B4

accent

#5ADE07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB252

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

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