#EEB356#EEB356

#EEB356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB356
RGB	rgb(238, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 11.98, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 55.94, 77.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% 0.0304 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.129 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0629, 51.0931, 15.8695)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB356 #5691EE

analogous

#EE6756 #EEB356 #DDEE56

triadic

#EEB356 #56EEB3 #B356EE

tetradic

#EEB356 #56EE67 #5691EE #EE56DD

square

#EEB356 #56EE67 #5691EE #EE56DD

split-complementary

#EEB356 #56DDEE #6756EE

monochromatic

#B77712 #E89A1E #EEB356 #F4CC8E #F9E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#EEB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB356

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB356	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c989',
    500: '#eeb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb356;
$custom-light: #f8c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80387,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB356

secondary

#3265B7

accent

#5BDE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB356

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

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