#EEB456#EEB456

#EEB456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.129 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB456
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 11.46, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 56.09, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0288 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.129 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2640, 51.4954, 15.9365)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB456 #5690EE

analogous

#EE6856 #EEB456 #DCEE56

triadic

#EEB456 #56EEB4 #B456EE

tetradic

#EEB456 #56EE68 #5690EE #EE56DC

square

#EEB456 #56EE68 #5690EE #EE56DC

split-complementary

#EEB456 #56DCEE #6856EE

monochromatic

#B77812 #E89B1E #EEB456 #F4CD8E #F9E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#EEB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB456

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB456	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.129 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ca89',
    500: '#eeb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb456;
$custom-light: #f8ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80577,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB456

secondary

#3264B7

accent

#59DE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB456

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

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