#EAA942#EAA942

#EAA942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.139 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAA942
RGB	rgb(234, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 14.49, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 61.88, 76.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0354 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.139 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1064, 46.2657, 11.4971)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAA942 #4283EA

analogous

#EA5542 #EAA942 #D7EA42

triadic

#EAA942 #42EAA9 #A942EA

tetradic

#EAA942 #42EA55 #4283EA #EA42D7

square

#EAA942 #42EA55 #4283EA #EA42D7

split-complementary

#EAA942 #42D7EA #5542EA

monochromatic

#A06912 #D78D18 #EAA942 #F0C279 #F6DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#EAA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#EAA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAA942

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAA942	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaa942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.139 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c27c',
    500: '#eaa942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaa942;
$custom-light: #f6c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaa942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.786,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAA942

secondary

#A3BCE5

accent

#7EF631

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAA942

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

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