#EEB44C#EEB44C

#EEB44C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.136 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB44C
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(39, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 10.88, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 60.29, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0258 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.136 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8889, 51.3453, 13.9611)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB44C #4C86EE

analogous

#EE634C #EEB44C #D7EE4C

triadic

#EEB44C #4CEEB4 #B44CEE

tetradic

#EEB44C #4CEE63 #4C86EE #EE4CD7

square

#EEB44C #4CEE63 #4C86EE #EE4CD7

split-complementary

#EEB44C #4CD7EE #634CEE

monochromatic

#AF7611 #E79C16 #EEB44C #F3CB84 #F9E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#EEB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB44C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB44C	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.136 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ca83',
    500: '#eeb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb44c;
$custom-light: #f8ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.519,
    "s": 82.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80477,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB44C

secondary

#2F5DAF

accent

#54DF06

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB44C

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

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