#EEB651#EEB651

#EEB651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.133 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB651
RGB	rgb(238, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 10.11, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 58.54, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0242 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.133 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4762, 52.2309, 15.0480)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB651 #5189EE

analogous

#EE6851 #EEB651 #D7EE51

triadic

#EEB651 #51EEB6 #B651EE

tetradic

#EEB651 #51EE68 #5189EE #EE51D7

square

#EEB651 #51EE68 #5189EE #EE51D7

split-complementary

#EEB651 #51D7EE #6851EE

monochromatic

#B37911 #E99F19 #EEB651 #F3CD89 #F9E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#EEB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#EEB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB651

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB651	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.133 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8cb86',
    500: '#eeb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb651;
$custom-light: #f8cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80907,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB651

secondary

#305FB3

accent

#54DF07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB651

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

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