#EAB256#EAB256

#EAB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAB256
RGB	rgb(234, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 10.84, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 54.86, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0273 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.127 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5348, 50.0087, 15.7406)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAB256 #568EEA

analogous

#EA6856 #EAB256 #D8EA56

triadic

#EAB256 #56EAB2 #B256EA

tetradic

#EAB256 #56EA68 #568EEA #EA56D8

square

#EAB256 #56EA68 #568EEA #EA56D8

split-complementary

#EAB256 #56D8EA #6856EA

monochromatic

#B07616 #E39920 #EAB256 #F1CB8C #F8E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EAB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#EAB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAB256

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAB256	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)

#C8B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eab256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c889',
    500: '#eab256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eab256;
$custom-light: #f5c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eab256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAB256

secondary

#3463B0

accent

#5ADA0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAB256

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

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