#EEBE59#EEBE59

#EEBE59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEBE59
RGB	rgb(238, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, 6.40, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 56.66, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% 0.0144 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.13 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4795, 55.7288, 17.2839)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEBE59 #5989EE

analogous

#EE7459 #EEBE59 #D4EE59

triadic

#EEBE59 #59EEBE #BE59EE

tetradic

#EEBE59 #59EE74 #5989EE #EE59D4

square

#EEBE59 #59EE74 #5989EE #EE59D4

split-complementary

#EEBE59 #59D4EE #7459EE

monochromatic

#BA8413 #E8A821 #EEBE59 #F4D491 #F9E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#EEBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#EEBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEBE59

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEBE59	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eebe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d18b',
    500: '#eebe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eebe59;
$custom-light: #f7d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eebe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82532,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEBE59

secondary

#335EB9

accent

#4DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEBE59

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

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