#EAA174#EAA174

#EAA174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA174
RGB	rgb(234, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 50.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 22.17, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 40.82, 57.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0648 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.106 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8316, 44.2470, 22.4356)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA174 #74BDEA

analogous

#EA7482 #EAA174 #EADC74

triadic

#EAA174 #74EAA1 #A174EA

tetradic

#EAA174 #82EA74 #74BDEA #DC74EA

square

#EAA174 #82EA74 #74BDEA #DC74EA

split-complementary

#EAA174 #74EADC #7482EA

monochromatic

#C65E1E #E27D3F #EAA174 #F2C5A9 #FAE9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EAA174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#EAA174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA174

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA174	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd9c',
    500: '#eaa174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa174;
$custom-light: #f4bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.881,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77028,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA174

secondary

#CBE1EF

accent

#8AD610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA174

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

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