#EEB957#EEB957

#EEB957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB957
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 8.89, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 56.52, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0214 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.13 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3322, 53.5669, 16.4927)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB957 #578CEE

analogous

#EE6D57 #EEB957 #D8EE57

triadic

#EEB957 #57EEB9 #B957EE

tetradic

#EEB957 #57EE6D #578CEE #EE57D8

square

#EEB957 #57EE6D #578CEE #EE57D8

split-complementary

#EEB957 #57D8EE #6D57EE

monochromatic

#B87E13 #E8A21F #EEB957 #F4D08F #F9E7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#EEB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB957

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB957	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)

#CFBA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd8a',
    500: '#eeb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb957;
$custom-light: #f7cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB957

secondary

#3261B7

accent

#53DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB957

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

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