#EEB459#EEB459

#EEB459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB459
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 11.65, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 54.80, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0298 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.127 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3874, 51.5447, 16.5865)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB459 #5993EE

analogous

#EE6A59 #EEB459 #DEEE59

triadic

#EEB459 #59EEB4 #B459EE

tetradic

#EEB459 #59EE6A #5993EE #EE59DE

square

#EEB459 #59EE6A #5993EE #EE59DE

split-complementary

#EEB459 #59DEEE #6A59EE

monochromatic

#BA7913 #E89B21 #EEB459 #F4CD91 #F9E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EEB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#EEB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB459

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB459	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ca8b',
    500: '#eeb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb459;
$custom-light: #f7ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80609,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB459

secondary

#3367B9

accent

#5BDE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB459

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

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