#EEB351#EEB351

#EEB351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.133 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB351
RGB	rgb(238, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 11.68, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 58.06, 78.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0288 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.133 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8684, 51.0153, 14.8454)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB351 #518CEE

analogous

#EE6451 #EEB351 #DBEE51

triadic

#EEB351 #51EEB3 #B351EE

tetradic

#EEB351 #51EE64 #518CEE #EE51DB

square

#EEB351 #51EE64 #518CEE #EE51DB

split-complementary

#EEB351 #51DBEE #6451EE

monochromatic

#B37611 #E99B19 #EEB351 #F3CB89 #F9E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#EEB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB351

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB351	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.133 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c986',
    500: '#eeb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb351;
$custom-light: #f8c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.452,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB351

secondary

#3061B3

accent

#58DF07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB351

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

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