#EEB59F#EEB59F

#EEB59F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.073 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB59F
RGB	rgb(238, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(17, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, 17.72, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 26.14, 47.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% 0.0545 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.073 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0433, 53.7313, 40.1081)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB59F #9FD8EE

analogous

#EE9FB0 #EEB59F #EEDD9F

triadic

#EEB59F #9FEEB5 #B59FEE

tetradic

#EEB59F #B0EE9F #9FD8EE #DD9FEE

square

#EEB59F #B0EE9F #9FD8EE #DD9FEE

split-complementary

#EEB59F #9FEEDD #9FB0EE

monochromatic

#DC6537 #E58D6B #EEB59F #F7DDD3 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#EEB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB59F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB59F	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.073 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cbbb',
    500: '#eeb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb59f;
$custom-light: #f5cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.709,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81965,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB59F

secondary

#66AFCB

accent

#9DD214

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB59F

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

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