#EAAE42#EAAE42

#EAAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAAE42
RGB	rgb(234, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 11.85, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 62.51, 79.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0276 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.139 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0544, 48.1617, 11.8131)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAAE42 #427EEA

analogous

#EA5A42 #EAAE42 #D2EA42

triadic

#EAAE42 #42EAAE #AE42EA

tetradic

#EAAE42 #42EA5A #427EEA #EA42D2

square

#EAAE42 #42EA5A #427EEA #EA42D2

split-complementary

#EAAE42 #42D2EA #5A42EA

monochromatic

#A06D12 #D79318 #EAAE42 #F0C679 #F6DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#EAAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#EAAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAAE42

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAAE42	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)

#C5B034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eaae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c57c',
    500: '#eaae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eaae42;
$custom-light: #f6c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eaae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78821,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAAE42

secondary

#A3BAE5

accent

#78F631

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAAE42

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

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