#EEB979#EEB979

#EEB979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.102 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB979
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(33, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, 11.51, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 41.31, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% 0.0333 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.102 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0625, 54.2590, 25.6056)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB979 #79AEEE

analogous

#EE7F79 #EEB979 #E8EE79

triadic

#EEB979 #79EEB9 #B979EE

tetradic

#EEB979 #79EE7F #79AEEE #EE79E8

square

#EEB979 #79EE7F #79AEEE #EE79E8

split-complementary

#EEB979 #79E8EE #7F79EE

monochromatic

#D27F1B #E79D43 #EEB979 #F5D5AF #FCF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#EEB979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#EEB979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB979

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB979	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)

#CCBB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.102 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cea0',
    500: '#eeb979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb979;
$custom-light: #f6cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81991,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB979

secondary

#447FC7

accent

#69DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB979

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

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