#EEB962#EEB962

#EEB962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB962
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 9.63, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 51.68, 79.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% 0.025 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.121 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8164, 53.7605, 19.0425)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB962 #6297EE

analogous

#EE7362 #EEB962 #DDEE62

triadic

#EEB962 #62EEB9 #B962EE

tetradic

#EEB962 #62EE73 #6297EE #EE62DD

square

#EEB962 #62EE73 #6297EE #EE62DD

split-complementary

#EEB962 #62DDEE #7362EE

monochromatic

#C18015 #E8A02B #EEB962 #F4D299 #FAEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EEB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#EEB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB962

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB962	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd91',
    500: '#eeb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb962;
$custom-light: #f7cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB962

secondary

#3569BF

accent

#59DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB962

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

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