#EEB969#EEB969

#EEB969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB969
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 105)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, 10.16, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 48.54, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% 0.0275 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.115 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1614, 53.8985, 20.8599)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB969 #699EEE

analogous

#EE7669 #EEB969 #E1EE69

triadic

#EEB969 #69EEB9 #B969EE

tetradic

#EEB969 #69EE76 #699EEE #EE69E1

square

#EEB969 #69EE76 #699EEE #EE69E1

split-complementary

#EEB969 #69E1EE #7669EE

monochromatic

#C68016 #E89F32 #EEB969 #F4D3A0 #FAECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#EEB969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#EEB969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB969

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB969	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd96',
    500: '#eeb969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb969;
$custom-light: #f7cd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB969

secondary

#386FC4

accent

#5DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB969

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

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