#EEBC59#EEBC59

#EEBC59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEBC59
RGB	rgb(238, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 7.45, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 56.24, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0175 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.129 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0493, 54.8684, 17.1405)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEBC59 #598BEE

analogous

#EE7259 #EEBC59 #D5EE59

triadic

#EEBC59 #59EEBC #BC59EE

tetradic

#EEBC59 #59EE72 #598BEE #EE59D5

square

#EEBC59 #59EE72 #598BEE #EE59D5

split-complementary

#EEBC59 #59D5EE #7259EE

monochromatic

#BA8213 #E8A621 #EEBC59 #F4D291 #F9E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#EEBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#EEBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEBC59

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEBC59	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eebc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cf8b',
    500: '#eebc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eebc59;
$custom-light: #f7cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eebc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82144,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEBC59

secondary

#3360B9

accent

#50DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEBC59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →