#EAA229#EAA229

#EAA229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.150 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA229
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 82.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 17.26, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 69.92, 75.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0406 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.15 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2559, 43.4974, 8.0044)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA229 #2971EA

analogous

#EA4229 #EAA229 #D1EA29

triadic

#EAA229 #29EAA2 #A229EA

tetradic

#EAA229 #29EA42 #2971EA #EA29D1

square

#EAA229 #29EA42 #2971EA #EA29D1

split-complementary

#EAA229 #29D1EA #4229EA

monochromatic

#8B5C0E #C38113 #EAA229 #EFBA61 #F5D298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EAA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#EAA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA229

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA229	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB72E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.150 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bd6e',
    500: '#eaa229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa229;
$custom-light: #f7bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.617,
    "s": 82.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA229

secondary

#8EADE1

accent

#7AF82F

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA229

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

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