#EEB74C#EEB74C

#EEB74C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.137 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB74C
RGB	rgb(238, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(40, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 9.30, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 60.79, 81.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0212 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.137 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5011, 52.5697, 14.1652)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB74C #4C83EE

analogous

#EE664C #EEB74C #D4EE4C

triadic

#EEB74C #4CEEB7 #B74CEE

tetradic

#EEB74C #4CEE66 #4C83EE #EE4CD4

square

#EEB74C #4CEE66 #4C83EE #EE4CD4

split-complementary

#EEB74C #4CD4EE #664CEE

monochromatic

#AF7911 #E7A016 #EEB74C #F3CD84 #F9E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#EEB74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#EEB74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB74C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB74C	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.137 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8cc83',
    500: '#eeb74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb74c;
$custom-light: #f8cc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.63,
    "s": 82.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81051,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB74C

secondary

#2F5AAF

accent

#50DF06

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB74C

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

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