#EEB559#EEB559

#EEB559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB559
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 11.12, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 54.96, 78.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.0282 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.127 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5900, 51.9499, 16.6540)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB559 #5992EE

analogous

#EE6B59 #EEB559 #DDEE59

triadic

#EEB559 #59EEB5 #B559EE

tetradic

#EEB559 #59EE6B #5992EE #EE59DD

square

#EEB559 #59EE6B #5992EE #EE59DD

split-complementary

#EEB559 #59DDEE #6B59EE

monochromatic

#BA7A13 #E89C21 #EEB559 #F4CE91 #F9E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EEB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#EEB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB559

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB559	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8b',
    500: '#eeb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb559;
$custom-light: #f7cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB559

secondary

#3366B9

accent

#5ADE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB559

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

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