#EEBC44#EEBC44

#EEBC44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.144 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEBC44
RGB	rgb(238, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, 6.28, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 64.90, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% 0.0115 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.144 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2898, 54.5646, 13.1403)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEBC44 #4476EE

analogous

#EE6744 #EEBC44 #CBEE44

triadic

#EEBC44 #44EEBC #BC44EE

tetradic

#EEBC44 #44EE67 #4476EE #EE44CB

square

#EEBC44 #44EE67 #4476EE #EE44CB

split-complementary

#EEBC44 #44CBEE #6744EE

monochromatic

#A87B0F #E0A414 #EEBC44 #F3D07C #F8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#EEBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#EEBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEBC44

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEBC44	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eebc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8cf7f',
    500: '#eebc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eebc44;
$custom-light: #f8cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eebc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8195,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEBC44

secondary

#2D51AA

accent

#6AFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEBC44

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

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