#EAA261#EAA261

#EAA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA261
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 20.08, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 48.47, 65.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0561 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.118 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0127, 44.2001, 17.2570)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA261 #61A9EA

analogous

#EA6165 #EAA261 #EAE661

triadic

#EAA261 #61EAA2 #A261EA

tetradic

#EAA261 #65EA61 #61A9EA #E661EA

square

#EAA261 #65EA61 #61A9EA #E661EA

split-complementary

#EAA261 #61EAE6 #6165EA

monochromatic

#B86418 #E3822B #EAA261 #F1C297 #F8E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EAA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#EAA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA261

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA261	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd8f',
    500: '#eaa261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa261;
$custom-light: #f5bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA261

secondary

#BCD5EB

accent

#78D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA261

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

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