#EEB255#EEB255

#EEB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB255
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 12.45, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 56.21, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0316 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.13 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8232, 50.6777, 15.5922)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB255 #5591EE

analogous

#EE6555 #EEB255 #DDEE55

triadic

#EEB255 #55EEB2 #B255EE

tetradic

#EEB255 #55EE65 #5591EE #EE55DD

square

#EEB255 #55EE65 #5591EE #EE55DD

split-complementary

#EEB255 #55DDEE #6555EE

monochromatic

#B67612 #E8991D #EEB255 #F4CB8D #F9E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#EEB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB255

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB255	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)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c888',
    500: '#eeb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb255;
$custom-light: #f8c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80186,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB255

secondary

#3165B6

accent

#5CDE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB255

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

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