#EAA224#EAA224

#EAA224 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.152 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA224
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 84.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 17.13, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 71.33, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0397 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.152 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1741, 43.4647, 7.5738)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA224 #246CEA

analogous

#EA3F24 #EAA224 #CFEA24

triadic

#EAA224 #24EAA2 #A224EA

tetradic

#EAA224 #24EA3F #246CEA #EA24CF

square

#EAA224 #24EA3F #246CEA #EA24CF

split-complementary

#EAA224 #24CFEA #3F24EA

monochromatic

#875A0D #BF8012 #EAA224 #EFBA5C #F5D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EAA224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#EAA224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA224

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA224	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.152 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bd6c',
    500: '#eaa224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa224;
$custom-light: #f7bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 82.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76376,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA224

secondary

#8AA9E0

accent

#78F92F

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA224

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

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