#EEB970#EEB970

#EEB970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.109 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB970
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 52.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 10.72, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 45.38, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% 0.03 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.109 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5361, 54.0484, 22.8334)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB970 #70A5EE

analogous

#EE7A70 #EEB970 #E4EE70

triadic

#EEB970 #70EEB9 #B970EE

tetradic

#EEB970 #70EE7A #70A5EE #EE70E4

square

#EEB970 #70EE7A #70A5EE #EE70E4

split-complementary

#EEB970 #70E4EE #7A70EE

monochromatic

#CB8018 #E79E39 #EEB970 #F5D4A7 #FBEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#EEB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#EEB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB970

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB970	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.109 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd9a',
    500: '#eeb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb970;
$custom-light: #f6cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81855,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB970

secondary

#3C76C7

accent

#62DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB970

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

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