#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
RGBrgb(238, 180, 87)
HSLhsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.99, 11.52, 54.45)
CIE-LCHlch(76.99, 55.66, 78.05°)
OKLaboklab(80.59% 0.0291 0.1252)
OKLCHoklch(80.59% 0.129 76.9)
XYZxyz(53.3046, 51.5116, 16.1502)
Luminance0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##EEB4571.001.8611.3011.30
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3021.001.001.00
##00000011.3021.001.001.00

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

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#EEB457 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva