#EEA161#EEA161

#EEA161 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA161
RGB	rgb(238, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, 22.24, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 49.74, 63.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0623 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.122 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1657, 44.5342, 17.2608)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA161 #61AEEE

analogous

#EE6167 #EEA161 #EEE761

triadic

#EEA161 #61EEA1 #A161EE

tetradic

#EEA161 #67EE61 #61AEEE #E761EE

square

#EEA161 #67EE61 #61AEEE #E761EE

split-complementary

#EEA161 #61EEE7 #6167EE

monochromatic

#C06215 #E8802A #EEA161 #F4C298 #FAE3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EEA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#EEA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA161

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA161	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd8f',
    500: '#eea161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea161;
$custom-light: #f8bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.234,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7719,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA161

secondary

#BED8ED

accent

#7DDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA161

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

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