#EAA559#EAA559
#EAA559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAA559 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 165, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 78%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 62%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.98, 17.93, 48.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.98, 52.01, 69.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.36% 0.0486 0.1134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.36% 0.123 66.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1931, 45.1279, 15.5689) |
| Luminance | 0.4512 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.82
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.19
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.39
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.00
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.68
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAA559 #599EEA
analogous
#EA5C59 #EAA559 #E7EA59
triadic
#EAA559 #59EAA5 #A559EA
tetradic
#EAA559 #59EA5C #599EEA #EA59E7
square
#EAA559 #59EA5C #599EEA #EA59E7
split-complementary
#EAA559 #59E7EA #5C59EA
monochromatic
#B26817 #E38823 #EAA559 #F1C28F #F8E0C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#EAA559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.02
#EAA559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAA559
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAA559 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAA559 | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.02 | 10.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBA5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eaa559; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 165, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 66.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5bf8a',
500: '#eaa559',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eaa559; $custom-light: #f5bf8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eaa559",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 165,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.448,
"s": 77.54,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77365,
"c": 0.1234,
"h": 66.8
},
"luminance": 0.45124
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAA559
secondary
#B6CEE9
accent
#6EDA0C
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D