#EEB656#EEB656

#EEB656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.130 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB656
RGB	rgb(238, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 10.41, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 56.42, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% 0.0257 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.13 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6707, 52.3087, 16.0721)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB656 #568EEE

analogous

#EE6A56 #EEB656 #DAEE56

triadic

#EEB656 #56EEB6 #B656EE

tetradic

#EEB656 #56EE6A #568EEE #EE56DA

square

#EEB656 #56EE6A #568EEE #EE56DA

split-complementary

#EEB656 #56DAEE #6A56EE

monochromatic

#B77A12 #E89E1E #EEB656 #F4CE8E #F9E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#EEB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#EEB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB656

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB656	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.130 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb89',
    500: '#eeb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb656;
$custom-light: #f7cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80958,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB656

secondary

#3263B7

accent

#57DE07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB656

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

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