#EEB857#EEB857

#EEB857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB857
RGB	rgb(238, 184, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 9.42, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 56.34, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.023 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.13 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1238, 53.1499, 16.4233)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB857 #578DEE

analogous

#EE6C57 #EEB857 #D8EE57

triadic

#EEB857 #57EEB8 #B857EE

tetradic

#EEB857 #57EE6C #578DEE #EE57D8

square

#EEB857 #57EE6C #578DEE #EE57D8

split-complementary

#EEB857 #57D8EE #6C57EE

monochromatic

#B87D13 #E8A11F #EEB857 #F4CF8F #F9E7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#EEB857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#EEB857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB857

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB857	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)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 184, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd8a',
    500: '#eeb857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb857;
$custom-light: #f7cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB857

secondary

#3262B7

accent

#54DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB857

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

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