#EEB357#EEB357

#EEB357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB357
RGB	rgb(238, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 12.05, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 55.51, 77.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0307 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.128 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1034, 51.1093, 16.0831)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB357 #5792EE

analogous

#EE6757 #EEB357 #DEEE57

triadic

#EEB357 #57EEB3 #B357EE

tetradic

#EEB357 #57EE67 #5792EE #EE57DE

square

#EEB357 #57EE67 #5792EE #EE57DE

split-complementary

#EEB357 #57DEEE #6757EE

monochromatic

#B87713 #E89A1F #EEB357 #F4CC8F #F9E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#EEB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB357

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB357	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)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c98a',
    500: '#eeb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb357;
$custom-light: #f7c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80397,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB357

secondary

#3266B7

accent

#5BDE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB357

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

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