#EEA059#EEA059

#EEA059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA059
RGB	rgb(238, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 22.23, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 52.99, 65.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0611 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.127 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6372, 44.0443, 15.3364)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA059 #59A7EE

analogous

#EE595D #EEA059 #EEEB59

triadic

#EEA059 #59EEA0 #A059EE

tetradic

#EEA059 #5DEE59 #59A7EE #EB59EE

square

#EEA059 #5DEE59 #59A7EE #EB59EE

split-complementary

#EEA059 #59EEEB #595DEE

monochromatic

#BA6213 #E88021 #EEA059 #F4C091 #F9E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EEA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#EEA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA059

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA059	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bc8a',
    500: '#eea059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea059;
$custom-light: #f8bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.591,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76907,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA059

secondary

#B7D3EB

accent

#78DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA059

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

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