#EEB262#EEB262

#EEB262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.120 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB262
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 13.32, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 50.57, 74.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0359 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.12 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3879, 50.9036, 18.5664)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB262 #629EEE

analogous

#EE6C62 #EEB262 #E4EE62

triadic

#EEB262 #62EEB2 #B262EE

tetradic

#EEB262 #62EE6C #629EEE #EE62E4

square

#EEB262 #62EE6C #629EEE #EE62E4

split-complementary

#EEB262 #62E4EE #6C62EE

monochromatic

#C17715 #E8972B #EEB262 #F4CD99 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EEB262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#EEB262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB262

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB262	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)

#C7B55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.120 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c991',
    500: '#eeb262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb262;
$custom-light: #f7c991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80338,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB262

secondary

#3570BF

accent

#64DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB262

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

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