#EEB997#EEB997

#EEB997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.077 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB997
RGB	rgb(238, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(23, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, 14.64, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 28.63, 59.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% 0.045 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.077 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1965, 55.1126, 36.8446)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB997 #97CCEE

analogous

#EE97A1 #EEB997 #EEE597

triadic

#EEB997 #97EEB9 #B997EE

tetradic

#EEB997 #A1EE97 #97CCEE #E597EE

square

#EEB997 #A1EE97 #97CCEE #E597EE

split-complementary

#EEB997 #97EEE5 #97A1EE

monochromatic

#DD722E #E59662 #EEB997 #F7DCCC #FBEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#EEB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#EEB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB997

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB997	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.077 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ceb5',
    500: '#eeb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb997;
$custom-light: #f5ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.448,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB997

secondary

#5FA0CA

accent

#88D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFAF8

border

#D7D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB997

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

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