#EEB361#EEB361

#EEB361 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB361
RGB	rgb(238, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 12.72, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 51.15, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.034 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.121 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5407, 51.2842, 18.3858)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB361 #619CEE

analogous

#EE6D61 #EEB361 #E2EE61

triadic

#EEB361 #61EEB3 #B361EE

tetradic

#EEB361 #61EE6D #619CEE #EE61E2

square

#EEB361 #61EE6D #619CEE #EE61E2

split-complementary

#EEB361 #61E2EE #6D61EE

monochromatic

#C07815 #E8982A #EEB361 #F4CE98 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#EEB361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB361

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB361	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c990',
    500: '#eeb361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb361;
$custom-light: #f7c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80514,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB361

secondary

#356EBE

accent

#61DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB361

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

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