#EAA042#EAA042

#EAA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA042
RGB	rgb(234, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 19.27, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 61.08, 71.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0494 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.138 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4893, 43.0316, 10.9580)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA042 #428CEA

analogous

#EA4C42 #EAA042 #E0EA42

triadic

#EAA042 #42EAA0 #A042EA

tetradic

#EAA042 #42EA4C #428CEA #EA42E0

square

#EAA042 #42EA4C #428CEA #EA42E0

split-complementary

#EAA042 #42E0EA #4C42EA

monochromatic

#A06112 #D78318 #EAA042 #F0BC79 #F6D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EAA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#EAA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA042

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA042	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bc7b',
    500: '#eaa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa042;
$custom-light: #f6bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA042

secondary

#A3C0E5

accent

#88F631

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA042

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

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