#EEA172#EEA172

#EEA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA172
RGB	rgb(238, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 23.59, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 43.01, 56.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0685 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.111 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0449, 44.8859, 21.8917)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA172 #72BFEE

analogous

#EE7281 #EEA172 #EEDF72

triadic

#EEA172 #72EEA1 #A172EE

tetradic

#EEA172 #81EE72 #72BFEE #DF72EE

square

#EEA172 #81EE72 #72BFEE #DF72EE

split-complementary

#EEA172 #72EEDF #7281EE

monochromatic

#CD5D19 #E77D3B #EEA172 #F5C5A9 #FBEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#EEA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#EEA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA172

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA172	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bd9b',
    500: '#eea172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea172;
$custom-light: #f7bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.742,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77446,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA172

secondary

#CCE2F0

accent

#8CDB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA172

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →