#EEB959#EEB959

#EEB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB959
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 9.02, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 55.65, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% 0.0221 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.128 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4151, 53.6000, 16.9291)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB959 #598EEE

analogous

#EE6F59 #EEB959 #D8EE59

triadic

#EEB959 #59EEB9 #B959EE

tetradic

#EEB959 #59EE6F #598EEE #EE59D8

square

#EEB959 #59EE6F #598EEE #EE59D8

split-complementary

#EEB959 #59D8EE #6F59EE

monochromatic

#BA7E13 #E8A221 #EEB959 #F4D091 #F9E8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#EEB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB959

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB959	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd8b',
    500: '#eeb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb959;
$custom-light: #f7cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.658,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81565,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB959

secondary

#3362B9

accent

#54DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB959

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

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