#EAA256#EAA256

#EAA256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA256
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 19.32, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 53.08, 68.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0523 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.126 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5349, 44.0090, 14.7407)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA256 #569EEA

analogous

#EA5856 #EAA256 #E8EA56

triadic

#EAA256 #56EAA2 #A256EA

tetradic

#EAA256 #56EA58 #569EEA #EA56E8

square

#EAA256 #56EA58 #569EEA #EA56E8

split-complementary

#EAA256 #56E8EA #5856EA

monochromatic

#B06516 #E38420 #EAA256 #F1C08C #F8DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA256

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA256	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)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd88',
    500: '#eaa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa256;
$custom-light: #f5bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.811,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA256

secondary

#B3CDE9

accent

#70DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA256

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

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