#EEB978#EEB978

#EEB978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB978
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(33, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, 11.42, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 41.76, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0329 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.103 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0015, 54.2346, 25.2843)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB978 #78ADEE

analogous

#EE7E78 #EEB978 #E8EE78

triadic

#EEB978 #78EEB9 #B978EE

tetradic

#EEB978 #78EE7E #78ADEE #EE78E8

square

#EEB978 #78EE7E #78ADEE #EE78E8

split-complementary

#EEB978 #78E8EE #7E78EE

monochromatic

#D17F1A #E79D42 #EEB978 #F5D5AE #FCF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#EEB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#EEB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB978

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB978	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cea0',
    500: '#eeb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb978;
$custom-light: #f6cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.051,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB978

secondary

#437EC7

accent

#68DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB978

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

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