#EA9937#EA9937

#EA9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.145 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA9937
RGB	rgb(234, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 76.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 22.51, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 64.89, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0575 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.145 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0161, 40.5551, 9.0182)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA9937 #3788EA

analogous

#EA4037 #EA9937 #E2EA37

triadic

#EA9937 #37EA99 #9937EA

tetradic

#EA9937 #37EA40 #3788EA #EA37E2

square

#EA9937 #37EA40 #3788EA #EA37E2

split-complementary

#EA9937 #37E2EA #4037EA

monochromatic

#975A10 #CE7B16 #EA9937 #F0B56E #F6D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EA9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#EA9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EA9937

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA9937	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.145 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b774',
    500: '#ea9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea9937;
$custom-light: #f7b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.849,
    "s": 80.995,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA9937

secondary

#9ABBE3

accent

#8AF730

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA9937

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

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