#EEB461#EEB461

#EEB461 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB461
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 12.19, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 51.30, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0324 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.121 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7418, 51.6865, 18.4529)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB461 #619BEE

analogous

#EE6D61 #EEB461 #E1EE61

triadic

#EEB461 #61EEB4 #B461EE

tetradic

#EEB461 #61EE6D #619BEE #EE61E1

square

#EEB461 #61EE6D #619BEE #EE61E1

split-complementary

#EEB461 #61E1EE #6D61EE

monochromatic

#C07915 #E89A2A #EEB461 #F4CE98 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EEB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#EEB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB461

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB461	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ca90',
    500: '#eeb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb461;
$custom-light: #f7ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.319,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB461

secondary

#356DBE

accent

#60DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB461

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

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