#EAA255#EAA255

#EAA255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA255
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 19.26, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 53.49, 68.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.052 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.126 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4949, 43.9930, 14.5300)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA255 #559DEA

analogous

#EA5855 #EAA255 #E7EA55

triadic

#EAA255 #55EAA2 #A255EA

tetradic

#EAA255 #55EA58 #559DEA #EA55E7

square

#EAA255 #55EA58 #559DEA #EA55E7

split-complementary

#EAA255 #55E7EA #5855EA

monochromatic

#AF6516 #E3841F #EAA255 #F1C08B #F7DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EAA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EAA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA255

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA255	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd87',
    500: '#eaa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa255;
$custom-light: #f5bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.007,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76766,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA255

secondary

#B2CCE8

accent

#6FDA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA255

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

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