#EEB281#EEB281

#EEB281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.095 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB281
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(27, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(27, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 15.97, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 37.12, 64.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0473 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.095 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1451, 51.6065, 27.8211)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB281 #81BDEE

analogous

#EE8187 #EEB281 #EEE881

triadic

#EEB281 #81EEB2 #B281EE

tetradic

#EEB281 #87EE81 #81BDEE #E881EE

square

#EEB281 #87EE81 #81BDEE #E881EE

split-complementary

#EEB281 #81EEE8 #8187EE

monochromatic

#D8711D #E7914B #EEB281 #F5D3B7 #FBEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#EEB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB281

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB281	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.095 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c9a6',
    500: '#eeb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb281;
$custom-light: #f6c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.972,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80807,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB281

secondary

#4B90C8

accent

#7DD80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB281

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

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