#EEB956#EEB956

#EEB956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB956
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 8.83, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 56.95, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% 0.0211 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.131 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2917, 53.5506, 16.2791)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB956 #568BEE

analogous

#EE6D56 #EEB956 #D7EE56

triadic

#EEB956 #56EEB9 #B956EE

tetradic

#EEB956 #56EE6D #568BEE #EE56D7

square

#EEB956 #56EE6D #568BEE #EE56D7

split-complementary

#EEB956 #56D7EE #6D56EE

monochromatic

#B77E12 #E8A21E #EEB956 #F4D08E #F9E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#EEB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB956

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB956	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd89',
    500: '#eeb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb956;
$custom-light: #f7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.079,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81533,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB956

secondary

#3260B7

accent

#52DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB956

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

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