#EAA257#EAA257

#EAA257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA257
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 19.39, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 52.66, 68.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0526 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.125 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5755, 44.0252, 14.9544)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA257 #579FEA

analogous

#EA5857 #EAA257 #E9EA57

triadic

#EAA257 #57EAA2 #A257EA

tetradic

#EAA257 #57EA58 #579FEA #EA57E9

square

#EAA257 #57EA58 #579FEA #EA57E9

split-complementary

#EAA257 #57E9EA #5857EA

monochromatic

#B16516 #E38421 #EAA257 #F1C08D #F8DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EAA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EAA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA257

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA257	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)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd89',
    500: '#eaa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa257;
$custom-light: #f5bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7679,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA257

secondary

#B4CEE9

accent

#71DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA257

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

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