#EAB259#EAB259

#EAB259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.124 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAB259
RGB	rgb(234, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 11.04, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 53.56, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0283 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.124 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6582, 50.0581, 16.3906)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAB259 #5991EA

analogous

#EA6959 #EAB259 #D9EA59

triadic

#EAB259 #59EAB2 #B259EA

tetradic

#EAB259 #59EA69 #5991EA #EA59D9

square

#EAB259 #59EA69 #5991EA #EA59D9

split-complementary

#EAB259 #59D9EA #6959EA

monochromatic

#B27617 #E39923 #EAB259 #F1CB8F #F8E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EAB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#EAB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAB259

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAB259	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eab259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.124 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c88b',
    500: '#eab259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eab259;
$custom-light: #f4c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eab259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAB259

secondary

#3565B2

accent

#5BDA0C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAB259

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

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