#EEB955#EEB955

#EEB955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB955
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 8.77, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 57.38, 81.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0208 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.131 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2516, 53.5346, 16.0684)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB955 #558AEE

analogous

#EE6C55 #EEB955 #D6EE55

triadic

#EEB955 #55EEB9 #B955EE

tetradic

#EEB955 #55EE6C #558AEE #EE55D6

square

#EEB955 #55EE6C #558AEE #EE55D6

split-complementary

#EEB955 #55D6EE #6C55EE

monochromatic

#B67E12 #E8A21D #EEB955 #F4D08D #F9E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#EEB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB955

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB955	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd89',
    500: '#eeb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb955;
$custom-light: #f7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.216,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81523,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB955

secondary

#315FB6

accent

#52DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB955

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

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