#EAA251#EAA251

#EAA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.129 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA251
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 19.01, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 55.16, 69.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0507 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.129 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3405, 43.9312, 13.7166)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA251 #5199EA

analogous

#EA5651 #EAA251 #E5EA51

triadic

#EAA251 #51EAA2 #A251EA

tetradic

#EAA251 #51EA56 #5199EA #EA51E5

square

#EAA251 #51EA56 #5199EA #EA51E5

split-complementary

#EAA251 #51E5EA #5651EA

monochromatic

#AC6515 #E2851B #EAA251 #F1BF88 #F7DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EAA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#EAA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA251

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA251	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.129 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd85',
    500: '#eaa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa251;
$custom-light: #f5bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7672,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA251

secondary

#AFCAE8

accent

#6DDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA251

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

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