#EEB856#EEB856

#EEB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB856
RGB	rgb(238, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 9.35, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 56.77, 80.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0227 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.13 80)
XYZ	xyz(54.0832, 53.1337, 16.2096)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB856 #568CEE

analogous

#EE6C56 #EEB856 #D8EE56

triadic

#EEB856 #56EEB8 #B856EE

tetradic

#EEB856 #56EE6C #568CEE #EE56D8

square

#EEB856 #56EE6C #568CEE #EE56D8

split-complementary

#EEB856 #56D8EE #6C56EE

monochromatic

#B77D12 #E8A11E #EEB856 #F4CF8E #F9E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#EEB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#EEB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB856

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB856	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd89',
    500: '#eeb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb856;
$custom-light: #f7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.684,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.5313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB856

secondary

#3261B7

accent

#54DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB856

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

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