#EAA842#EAA842

#EAA842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.138 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA842
RGB	rgb(234, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 15.02, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 61.77, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0369 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.138 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9210, 45.8950, 11.4353)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA842 #4284EA

analogous

#EA5442 #EAA842 #D8EA42

triadic

#EAA842 #42EAA8 #A842EA

tetradic

#EAA842 #42EA54 #4284EA #EA42D8

square

#EAA842 #42EA54 #4284EA #EA42D8

split-complementary

#EAA842 #42D8EA #5442EA

monochromatic

#A06812 #D78C18 #EAA842 #F0C179 #F6DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#EAA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#EAA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA842

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA842	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.138 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c17c',
    500: '#eaa842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa842;
$custom-light: #f6c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77688,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA842

secondary

#A3BDE5

accent

#7FF631

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA842

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

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