#EAA272#EAA272

#EAA272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA272
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(24, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 21.46, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 41.56, 58.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0624 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.107 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8920, 44.5518, 21.8880)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA272 #72BAEA

analogous

#EA727E #EAA272 #EADE72

triadic

#EAA272 #72EAA2 #A272EA

tetradic

#EAA272 #7EEA72 #72BAEA #DE72EA

square

#EAA272 #7EEA72 #72BAEA #DE72EA

split-complementary

#EAA272 #72EADE #727EEA

monochromatic

#C4601D #E27F3D #EAA272 #F2C5A7 #FAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EAA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#EAA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA272

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA272	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd9b',
    500: '#eaa272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa272;
$custom-light: #f4bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA272

secondary

#CAE0EE

accent

#87D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA272

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

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