#EEB457#EEB457

#EEB457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.129 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB457
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 11.52, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 55.66, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% 0.0291 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.129 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3046, 51.5116, 16.1502)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB457 #5791EE

analogous

#EE6857 #EEB457 #DCEE57

triadic

#EEB457 #57EEB4 #B457EE

tetradic

#EEB457 #57EE68 #5791EE #EE57DC

square

#EEB457 #57EE68 #5791EE #EE57DC

split-complementary

#EEB457 #57DCEE #6857EE

monochromatic

#B87813 #E89B1F #EEB457 #F4CD8F #F9E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#EEB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB457

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB457	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)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.129 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ca8a',
    500: '#eeb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb457;
$custom-light: #f7ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80587,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB457

secondary

#3265B7

accent

#5ADE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB457

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

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