#EEB596#EEB596

#EEB596 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.079 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB596
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(21, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 16.64, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 29.05, 55.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0509 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.079 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2906, 53.4302, 36.1437)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB596 #96CFEE

analogous

#EE96A3 #EEB596 #EEE196

triadic

#EEB596 #96EEB5 #B596EE

tetradic

#EEB596 #A3EE96 #96CFEE #E196EE

square

#EEB596 #A3EE96 #96CFEE #E196EE

split-complementary

#EEB596 #96EEE1 #96A3EE

monochromatic

#DD6B2D #E59061 #EEB596 #F7DACB #FBECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EEB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#EEB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB596

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB596	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.079 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cbb5',
    500: '#eeb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb596;
$custom-light: #f5cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.136,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB596

secondary

#5EA4CA

accent

#90D411

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB596

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

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