#EAB255#EAB255

#EAB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAB255
RGB	rgb(234, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, 10.78, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 55.30, 78.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.027 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.127 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4948, 49.9927, 15.5299)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAB255 #558DEA

analogous

#EA6855 #EAB255 #D7EA55

triadic

#EAB255 #55EAB2 #B255EA

tetradic

#EAB255 #55EA68 #558DEA #EA55D7

square

#EAB255 #55EA68 #558DEA #EA55D7

split-complementary

#EAB255 #55D7EA #6855EA

monochromatic

#AF7516 #E3991F #EAB255 #F1CB8B #F7E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EAB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#EAB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAB255

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAB255	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eab255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c888',
    500: '#eab255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eab255;
$custom-light: #f5c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eab255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAB255

secondary

#B2C7E8

accent

#59DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAB255

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

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