#EEB299#EEB299

#EEB299 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.078 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB299
RGB	rgb(238, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(18, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 18.58, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 28.27, 48.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% 0.0568 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.078 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9318, 52.3211, 37.2311)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB299 #99D5EE

analogous

#EE99AB #EEB299 #EEDD99

triadic

#EEB299 #99EEB2 #B299EE

tetradic

#EEB299 #ABEE99 #99D5EE #DD99EE

square

#EEB299 #ABEE99 #99D5EE #DD99EE

split-complementary

#EEB299 #99EEDD #99ABEE

monochromatic

#DD6330 #E58A65 #EEB299 #F7DACD #FBEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#EEB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#EEB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB299

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB299	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.078 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c9b7',
    500: '#eeb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb299;
$custom-light: #f5c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81279,
    "c": 0.07846,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB299

secondary

#61ABCA

accent

#9BD312

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB299

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

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