#EEB974#EEB974

#EEB974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.106 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB974
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 116)
HSL	hsl(34, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(34, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, 11.06, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 43.57, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% 0.0314 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.106 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7638, 54.1395, 24.0324)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB974 #74A9EE

analogous

#EE7C74 #EEB974 #E6EE74

triadic

#EEB974 #74EEB9 #B974EE

tetradic

#EEB974 #74EE7C #74A9EE #EE74E6

square

#EEB974 #74EE7C #74A9EE #EE74E6

split-complementary

#EEB974 #74E6EE #7C74EE

monochromatic

#CE8019 #E79E3D #EEB974 #F5D4AB #FBF0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#EEB974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#EEB974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB974

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB974	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.106 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ce9d',
    500: '#eeb974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb974;
$custom-light: #f6ce9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81914,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB974

secondary

#3F7AC7

accent

#65DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB974

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

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