#EAA857#EAA857
#EAA857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.125 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EAA857 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 168, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 78%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 63%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 62.8%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.67, 16.20, 50.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.67, 53.12, 72.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.9% 0.0432 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.9% 0.125 69.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6577, 46.1897, 15.3151) |
| Luminance | 0.4619 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.96
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.58
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.30
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.37
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.77
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EAA857 #5799EA
analogous
#EA5E57 #EAA857 #E3EA57
triadic
#EAA857 #57EAA8 #A857EA
tetradic
#EAA857 #57EA5E #5799EA #EA57E3
square
#EAA857 #57EA5E #5799EA #EA57E3
split-complementary
#EAA857 #57E3EA #5E57EA
monochromatic
#B16B16 #E38C21 #EAA857 #F1C48D #F8E0C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#EAA857 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.24
#EAA857 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EAA857
10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EAA857 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EAA857 | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.24 | 10.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAC4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD9896
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eaa857; /* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 168, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.125 69.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5c189',
500: '#eaa857',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eaa857; $custom-light: #f5c189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eaa857",
"rgb": {
"r": 234,
"g": 168,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.061,
"s": 77.778,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77898,
"c": 0.1247,
"h": 69.7
},
"luminance": 0.46186
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EAA857
secondary
#B4CCE9
accent
#68DA0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D