#EEB562#EEB562

#EEB562 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB562
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 11.74, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 51.01, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0312 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.12 75)
XYZ	xyz(53.9913, 52.1105, 18.7675)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB562 #629BEE

analogous

#EE6F62 #EEB562 #E1EE62

triadic

#EEB562 #62EEB5 #B562EE

tetradic

#EEB562 #62EE6F #629BEE #EE62E1

square

#EEB562 #62EE6F #629BEE #EE62E1

split-complementary

#EEB562 #62E1EE #6F62EE

monochromatic

#C17B15 #E89B2B #EEB562 #F4CF99 #FAE9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EEB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#EEB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB562

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB562	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)

#CAB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb91',
    500: '#eeb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb562;
$custom-light: #f7cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.52107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB562

secondary

#356DBF

accent

#5FDD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB562

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

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