#EAAE40#EAAE40

#EAAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAAE40
RGB	rgb(234, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 72.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 11.75, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 63.29, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0271 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.141 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9965, 48.1385, 11.5079)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAAE40 #407CEA

analogous

#EA5940 #EAAE40 #D1EA40

triadic

#EAAE40 #40EAAE #AE40EA

tetradic

#EAAE40 #40EA59 #407CEA #EA40D1

square

#EAAE40 #40EA59 #407CEA #EA40D1

split-complementary

#EAAE40 #40D1EA #5940EA

monochromatic

#9E6D11 #D59217 #EAAE40 #F0C577 #F6DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#EAAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#EAAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAAE40

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAAE40	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c57b',
    500: '#eaae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaae40;
$custom-light: #f6c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 80.189,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78805,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAAE40

secondary

#A1B9E5

accent

#77F731

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAAE40

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

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