#EAA259#EAA259

#EAA259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA259
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 19.52, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 51.82, 67.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0533 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.124 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6583, 44.0584, 15.3907)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA259 #59A1EA

analogous

#EA5959 #EAA259 #E9EA59

triadic

#EAA259 #59EAA2 #A259EA

tetradic

#EAA259 #59EA59 #59A1EA #EA59E9

square

#EAA259 #59EA59 #59A1EA #EA59E9

split-complementary

#EAA259 #59E9EA #5959EA

monochromatic

#B26517 #E38423 #EAA259 #F1C08F #F8DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EAA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#EAA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA259

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA259	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd8a',
    500: '#eaa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa259;
$custom-light: #f5bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.207,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA259

secondary

#B6CFE9

accent

#72DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA259

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

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