#EEB451#EEB451

#EEB451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB451
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 11.16, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 58.21, 78.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0273 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.133 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0696, 51.4176, 14.9124)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB451 #518BEE

analogous

#EE6551 #EEB451 #DAEE51

triadic

#EEB451 #51EEB4 #B451EE

tetradic

#EEB451 #51EE65 #518BEE #EE51DA

square

#EEB451 #51EE65 #518BEE #EE51DA

split-complementary

#EEB451 #51DAEE #6551EE

monochromatic

#B37711 #E99C19 #EEB451 #F3CC89 #F9E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#EEB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB451

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB451	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ca86',
    500: '#eeb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb451;
$custom-light: #f8ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.834,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB451

secondary

#3061B3

accent

#57DF07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB451

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

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