#EEB657#EEB657

#EEB657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB657
RGB	rgb(238, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 10.47, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 55.99, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0261 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.129 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7113, 52.3249, 16.2858)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB657 #578FEE

analogous

#EE6A57 #EEB657 #DBEE57

triadic

#EEB657 #57EEB6 #B657EE

tetradic

#EEB657 #57EE6A #578FEE #EE57DB

square

#EEB657 #57EE6A #578FEE #EE57DB

split-complementary

#EEB657 #57DBEE #6A57EE

monochromatic

#B87B13 #E89E1F #EEB657 #F4CE8F #F9E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#EEB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#EEB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB657

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB657	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)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8a',
    500: '#eeb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb657;
$custom-light: #f7cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB657

secondary

#3263B7

accent

#57DE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB657

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

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