#EAA173#EAA173

#EAA173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA173
RGB	rgb(234, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 50.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 22.08, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 41.20, 57.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0644 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.106 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7738, 44.2238, 22.1309)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA173 #73BCEA

analogous

#EA7380 #EAA173 #EADC73

triadic

#EAA173 #73EAA1 #A173EA

tetradic

#EAA173 #80EA73 #73BCEA #DC73EA

square

#EAA173 #80EA73 #73BCEA #DC73EA

split-complementary

#EAA173 #73EADC #7380EA

monochromatic

#C55E1E #E27D3E #EAA173 #F2C5A8 #FAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EAA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#EAA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA173

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA173	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd9c',
    500: '#eaa173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa173;
$custom-light: #f4bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.193,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA173

secondary

#CAE0EE

accent

#89D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA173

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

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