#EEB279#EEB279

#EEB279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.101 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB279
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(29, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 15.20, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 40.49, 67.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0443 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.101 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6340, 51.4020, 25.1295)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB279 #79B5EE

analogous

#EE797A #EEB279 #EEED79

triadic

#EEB279 #79EEB2 #B279EE

tetradic

#EEB279 #7AEE79 #79B5EE #ED79EE

square

#EEB279 #7AEE79 #79B5EE #ED79EE

split-complementary

#EEB279 #79EEED #797AEE

monochromatic

#D2741B #E79343 #EEB279 #F5D1AF #FCEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#EEB279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB279

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB279	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.101 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c9a0',
    500: '#eeb279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb279;
$custom-light: #f6c9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80671,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB279

secondary

#4487C7

accent

#75DA0C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB279

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

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