#EEB555#EEB555

#EEB555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB555
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, 10.87, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 56.68, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.027 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.13 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4266, 51.8846, 15.7933)
Luminance	0.5188 (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

#EEB555 #558EEE

analogous

#EE6855 #EEB555 #DAEE55

triadic

#EEB555 #55EEB5 #B555EE

tetradic

#EEB555 #55EE68 #558EEE #EE55DA

square

#EEB555 #55EE68 #558EEE #EE55DA

split-complementary

#EEB555 #55DAEE #6855EE

monochromatic

#B67912 #E89D1D #EEB555 #F4CD8D #F9E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EEB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#EEB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB555

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB555	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8cb88',
    500: '#eeb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb555;
$custom-light: #f8cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB555

secondary

#3163B6

accent

#57DE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB555

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

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