#EAB261#EAB261

#EAB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAB261
RGB	rgb(234, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 11.59, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 50.03, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0309 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.118 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0126, 50.1999, 18.2570)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAB261 #6199EA

analogous

#EA6D61 #EAB261 #DEEA61

triadic

#EAB261 #61EAB2 #B261EA

tetradic

#EAB261 #61EA6D #6199EA #EA61DE

square

#EAB261 #61EA6D #6199EA #EA61DE

split-complementary

#EAB261 #61DEEA #6D61EA

monochromatic

#B87718 #E3982B #EAB261 #F1CC97 #F8E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EAB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#EAB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAB261

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAB261	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eab261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c890',
    500: '#eab261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eab261;
$custom-light: #f4c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eab261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.474,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAB261

secondary

#386CB8

accent

#60D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAB261

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

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