#EEB556#EEB556

#EEB556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB556
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 10.93, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 56.25, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0273 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.129 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4666, 51.9006, 16.0041)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB556 #568FEE

analogous

#EE6956 #EEB556 #DBEE56

triadic

#EEB556 #56EEB5 #B556EE

tetradic

#EEB556 #56EE69 #568FEE #EE56DB

square

#EEB556 #56EE69 #568FEE #EE56DB

split-complementary

#EEB556 #56DBEE #6956EE

monochromatic

#B77912 #E89D1E #EEB556 #F4CD8E #F9E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EEB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#EEB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB556

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB556	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb89',
    500: '#eeb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb556;
$custom-light: #f7cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB556

secondary

#3263B7

accent

#58DE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB556

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

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