#EEB869#EEB869

#EEB869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.115 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB869
RGB	rgb(238, 184, 105)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 10.68, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 48.37, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% 0.029 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.115 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9530, 53.4816, 20.7905)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB869 #699FEE

analogous

#EE7669 #EEB869 #E2EE69

triadic

#EEB869 #69EEB8 #B869EE

tetradic

#EEB869 #69EE76 #699FEE #EE69E2

square

#EEB869 #69EE76 #699FEE #EE69E2

split-complementary

#EEB869 #69E2EE #7669EE

monochromatic

#C67F16 #E89E32 #EEB869 #F4D2A0 #FAECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EEB869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#EEB869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB869

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB869	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 184, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.115 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd96',
    500: '#eeb869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb869;
$custom-light: #f7cd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81567,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB869

secondary

#3870C4

accent

#5FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB869

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

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