#EEB561#EEB561

#EEB561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB561
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 11.66, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 51.45, 76.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0309 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.121 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9444, 52.0917, 18.5204)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB561 #619AEE

analogous

#EE6E61 #EEB561 #E0EE61

triadic

#EEB561 #61EEB5 #B561EE

tetradic

#EEB561 #61EE6E #619AEE #EE61E0

square

#EEB561 #61EE6E #619AEE #EE61E0

split-complementary

#EEB561 #61E0EE #6E61EE

monochromatic

#C07B15 #E89B2A #EEB561 #F4CF98 #FAE9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EEB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#EEB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB561

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB561	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb90',
    500: '#eeb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb561;
$custom-light: #f7cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80893,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB561

secondary

#356CBE

accent

#5EDD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB561

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

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