#EEB359#EEB359

#EEB359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB359
RGB	rgb(238, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 12.18, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 54.64, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0313 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.127 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1863, 51.1424, 16.5195)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB359 #5994EE

analogous

#EE6959 #EEB359 #DEEE59

triadic

#EEB359 #59EEB3 #B359EE

tetradic

#EEB359 #59EE69 #5994EE #EE59DE

square

#EEB359 #59EE69 #5994EE #EE59DE

split-complementary

#EEB359 #59DEEE #6959EE

monochromatic

#BA7813 #E89A21 #EEB359 #F4CC91 #F9E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#EEB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB359

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB359	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c98b',
    500: '#eeb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb359;
$custom-light: #f7c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.242,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80419,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB359

secondary

#3368B9

accent

#5CDE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB359

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

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