#EEA162#EEA162

#EEA162 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA162
RGB	rgb(238, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(27, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 22.32, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 49.33, 63.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0626 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.121 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2126, 44.5529, 17.5079)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA162 #62AFEE

analogous

#EE6269 #EEA162 #EEE762

triadic

#EEA162 #62EEA1 #A162EE

tetradic

#EEA162 #69EE62 #62AFEE #E762EE

square

#EEA162 #69EE62 #62AFEE #E762EE

split-complementary

#EEA162 #62EEE7 #6269EE

monochromatic

#C16215 #E8802B #EEA162 #F4C299 #FAE3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#EEA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#EEA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA162

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA162	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)

#B8A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd90',
    500: '#eea162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea162;
$custom-light: #f8bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA162

secondary

#BFD8ED

accent

#7DDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA162

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

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