#EEB257#EEB257

#EEB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB257
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 12.57, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 55.36, 76.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0322 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.128 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9038, 50.7099, 16.0166)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB257 #5793EE

analogous

#EE6657 #EEB257 #DEEE57

triadic

#EEB257 #57EEB2 #B257EE

tetradic

#EEB257 #57EE66 #5793EE #EE57DE

square

#EEB257 #57EE66 #5793EE #EE57DE

split-complementary

#EEB257 #57DEEE #6657EE

monochromatic

#B87613 #E8991F #EEB257 #F4CB8F #F9E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EEB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#EEB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB257

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB257	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#eeb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb257;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80208,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB257

secondary

#3267B7

accent

#5DDE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB257

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

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