#EEB321

sRGB: 238 / 179 / 33

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations flicker through endless evenings
Distant echoes surrender to silence

#EEB321 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 179 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 42.7° lands in the orange region. Its 85.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 53.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.11:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 179, 33
HSL: 42.73°, 85.77%, 53.14%
HSV / HSB: 42.73°, 86.13%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.79%, 86.13%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.653, 50.529, 8.472
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.393, 9.784, 73.922
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50527
24-bit decimal: 15643425

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EEB321 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.11:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#215CEE sits half a turn (180°) from #EEB321 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EEB321 #215CEE

Analogous

#EE4D21 and #C2EE21 sit 30° to either side of #EEB321. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EE4D21 #EEB321 #C2EE21

Triadic

#EEB321, #21EEB3 and #B321EE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEB321 #21EEB3 #B321EE

Split complementary

Start at #EEB321 and look across the wheel. #21C2EE and #4D21EE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEB321 #21C2EE #4D21EE

Square

Starting with #EEB321, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #21EE4D, #215CEE, then #EE21C2. Across the square, #EEB321 pairs with #215CEE, and #21EE4D with #EE21C2.

#EEB321 #21EE4D #215CEE #EE21C2

Tetradic

#EEB321 and #215CEE are opposites, as are #5CEE21 and #B321EE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEB321 #5CEE21 #215CEE #B321EE

Tints

Mixing #EEB321 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1C24D, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF0D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEB321 #F1C24D #F5D17A #F8E1A6 #FCF0D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEB321 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE8F1A, keeps 80% of the original. By #302407, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEB321 #BE8F1A #8F6B14 #5F480D #302407 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEB321 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8A934, keeps 80% of the original. By #968A6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEB321 #D8A934 #C29F47 #AC945A #968A6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EEB321

RGB

rgb(238 179 33)

HSL

hsl(42.732 85.774% 53.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EEB321;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEB321 uses 238 red, 179 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 70.2%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEB321 is 0.0% cyan, 24.8% magenta, 86.1% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.8%

Yellow 86.1%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEBB22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EB2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EEB321 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEBB22 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC33

Gradient to complement

#EEB321 #CCA543 #AA9665 #888888 #6579AA #436BCC #215CEE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEB321 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CCB400

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DAC32B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFA199

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D9B505

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFBD25

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F1AF65

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BCBCBC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D7B88C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.85499 G 0.45079 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.89788 G 0.71127 B 0.27416

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.78323 G 0.46420 B 0.06109

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.467 y 0.457 Y 50.529

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 6.667 M % 29.804 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101110 10110011 00100001