#EEB256#EEB256

#EEB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB256
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 12.51, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 55.79, 77.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0319 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.129 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8632, 50.6937, 15.8029)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB256 #5692EE

analogous

#EE6656 #EEB256 #DEEE56

triadic

#EEB256 #56EEB2 #B256EE

tetradic

#EEB256 #56EE66 #5692EE #EE56DE

square

#EEB256 #56EE66 #5692EE #EE56DE

split-complementary

#EEB256 #56DEEE #6656EE

monochromatic

#B77612 #E8991E #EEB256 #F4CB8E #F9E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EEB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#EEB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB256

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB256	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#eeb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb256;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB256

secondary

#3266B7

accent

#5CDE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB256

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

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