#EAA178#EAA178

#EAA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.103 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA178
RGB	rgb(234, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 22.54, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 39.32, 55.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0663 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.103 50)
XYZ	xyz(50.0693, 44.3421, 23.6875)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA178 #78C1EA

analogous

#EA7888 #EAA178 #EADA78

triadic

#EAA178 #78EAA1 #A178EA

tetradic

#EAA178 #88EA78 #78C1EA #DA78EA

square

#EAA178 #88EA78 #78C1EA #DA78EA

split-complementary

#EAA178 #78EADA #7888EA

monochromatic

#C85C1F #E27C43 #EAA178 #F2C6AD #FAEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EAA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#EAA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA178

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA178	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.103 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd9f',
    500: '#eaa178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa178;
$custom-light: #f4bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.579,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.44338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA178

secondary

#CEE4EF

accent

#8ED510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA178

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

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