#EAA278#EAA278

#EAA278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA278
RGB	rgb(234, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 48.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 22.00, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 39.27, 55.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0647 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.103 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2448, 44.6930, 23.7459)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA278 #78C0EA

analogous

#EA7887 #EAA278 #EADB78

triadic

#EAA278 #78EAA2 #A278EA

tetradic

#EAA278 #87EA78 #78C0EA #DB78EA

square

#EAA278 #87EA78 #78C0EA #DB78EA

split-complementary

#EAA278 #78EADB #7887EA

monochromatic

#C85E1F #E27E43 #EAA278 #F2C6AD #FAEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EAA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#EAA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA278

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA278	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd9f',
    500: '#eaa278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa278;
$custom-light: #f4bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77278,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA278

secondary

#CEE3EF

accent

#8DD510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA278

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

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