#EAAD40#EAAD40

#EAAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.140 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAAD40
RGB	rgb(234, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 72.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 12.28, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 63.15, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0287 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.14 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8040, 47.7536, 11.4438)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAAD40 #407DEA

analogous

#EA5840 #EAAD40 #D2EA40

triadic

#EAAD40 #40EAAD #AD40EA

tetradic

#EAAD40 #40EA58 #407DEA #EA40D2

square

#EAAD40 #40EA58 #407DEA #EA40D2

split-complementary

#EAAD40 #40D2EA #5840EA

monochromatic

#9E6C11 #D59117 #EAAD40 #F0C577 #F6DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#EAAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#EAAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAAD40

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAAD40	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.140 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c57b',
    500: '#eaad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaad40;
$custom-light: #f6c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.471,
    "s": 80.189,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAAD40

secondary

#A1B9E5

accent

#78F731

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAAD40

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

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