#EEB43D#EEB43D

#EEB43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.146 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB43D
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 10.16, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 66.13, 81.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0219 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.146 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4269, 51.1605, 11.5277)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB43D #3D77EE

analogous

#EE5B3D #EEB43D #CFEE3D

triadic

#EEB43D #3DEEB4 #B43DEE

tetradic

#EEB43D #3DEE5B #3D77EE #EE3DCF

square

#EEB43D #3DEE5B #3D77EE #EE3DCF

split-complementary

#EEB43D #3DCFEE #5B3DEE

monochromatic

#A2720E #DB9913 #EEB43D #F3CA75 #F8E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EEB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#EEB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB43D

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB43D	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.146 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ca7a',
    500: '#eeb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb43d;
$custom-light: #f9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.339,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB43D

secondary

#2B53A4

accent

#71FA2E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB43D

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

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