#EEB859#EEB859

#EEB859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.128 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB859
RGB	rgb(238, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 9.54, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 55.47, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% 0.0236 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.128 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2066, 53.1831, 16.8596)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB859 #598FEE

analogous

#EE6E59 #EEB859 #DAEE59

triadic

#EEB859 #59EEB8 #B859EE

tetradic

#EEB859 #59EE6E #598FEE #EE59DA

square

#EEB859 #59EE6E #598FEE #EE59DA

split-complementary

#EEB859 #59DAEE #6E59EE

monochromatic

#BA7D13 #E8A021 #EEB859 #F4D091 #F9E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EEB859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#EEB859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB859

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB859	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.128 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd8b',
    500: '#eeb859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb859;
$custom-light: #f7cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB859

secondary

#3363B9

accent

#55DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB859

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

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