#EEB261#EEB261

#EEB261 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB261
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 13.25, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 51.01, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0355 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.121 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3410, 50.8848, 18.3193)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB261 #619DEE

analogous

#EE6B61 #EEB261 #E3EE61

triadic

#EEB261 #61EEB2 #B261EE

tetradic

#EEB261 #61EE6B #619DEE #EE61E3

square

#EEB261 #61EE6B #619DEE #EE61E3

split-complementary

#EEB261 #61E3EE #6B61EE

monochromatic

#C07715 #E8972A #EEB261 #F4CD98 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EEB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#EEB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB261

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB261	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c990',
    500: '#eeb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb261;
$custom-light: #f7c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB261

secondary

#356FBE

accent

#63DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB261

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

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