#EEA16C#EEA16C

#EEA16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA16C
RGB	rgb(238, 161, 108)
HSL	hsl(24, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 23.09, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 45.33, 59.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0663 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.115 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7146, 44.7537, 20.1518)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA16C #6CB9EE

analogous

#EE6C78 #EEA16C #EEE26C

triadic

#EEA16C #6CEEA1 #A16CEE

tetradic

#EEA16C #78EE6C #6CB9EE #E26CEE

square

#EEA16C #78EE6C #6CB9EE #E26CEE

split-complementary

#EEA16C #6CEEE2 #6C78EE

monochromatic

#C85F17 #E87E35 #EEA16C #F4C4A3 #FBE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#EEA16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA16C

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA16C	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bd97',
    500: '#eea16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea16c;
$custom-light: #f7bd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.462,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7735,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA16C

secondary

#C7DFEF

accent

#86DC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120D

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA16C

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

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