#EAB22A#EAB22A

#EAB22A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.153 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAB22A
RGB	rgb(234, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 82.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 8.83, 70.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 71.33, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0163 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.153 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2734, 49.5042, 9.0975)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAB22A #2A62EA

analogous

#EA522A #EAB22A #C2EA2A

triadic

#EAB22A #2AEAB2 #B22AEA

tetradic

#EAB22A #2AEA52 #2A62EA #EA2AC2

square

#EAB22A #2AEA52 #2A62EA #EA2AC2

split-complementary

#EAB22A #2AC2EA #522AEA

monochromatic

#8C670E #C49013 #EAB22A #EFC662 #F5DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#EAB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#EAB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAB22A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAB22A	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eab22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.153 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c871',
    500: '#eab22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eab22a;
$custom-light: #f6c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eab22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 82.051,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79432,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAB22A

secondary

#8FA7E1

accent

#6AF82F

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAB22A

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

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