#EEB557#EEB557

#EEB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB557
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 10.99, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 55.82, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% 0.0276 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.129 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5072, 51.9168, 16.2177)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB557 #5790EE

analogous

#EE6957 #EEB557 #DBEE57

triadic

#EEB557 #57EEB5 #B557EE

tetradic

#EEB557 #57EE69 #5790EE #EE57DB

square

#EEB557 #57EE69 #5790EE #EE57DB

split-complementary

#EEB557 #57DBEE #6957EE

monochromatic

#B87A13 #E89D1F #EEB557 #F4CD8F #F9E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EEB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#EEB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB557

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB557	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8a',
    500: '#eeb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb557;
$custom-light: #f7cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80778,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB557

secondary

#3264B7

accent

#58DE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB557

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

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