#EEA159#EEA159

#EEA159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA159
RGB	rgb(238, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 21.70, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 53.02, 65.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0595 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.127 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8113, 44.3924, 15.3945)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA159 #59A6EE

analogous

#EE595C #EEA159 #EEEB59

triadic

#EEA159 #59EEA1 #A159EE

tetradic

#EEA159 #5CEE59 #59A6EE #EB59EE

square

#EEA159 #5CEE59 #59A6EE #EB59EE

split-complementary

#EEA159 #59EEEB #595CEE

monochromatic

#BA6413 #E88221 #EEA159 #F4C091 #F9E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#EEA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#EEA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA159

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA159	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd8a',
    500: '#eea159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea159;
$custom-light: #f8bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.993,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77087,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA159

secondary

#B7D2EB

accent

#76DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA159

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

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