#EEA255#EEA255

#EEA255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.130 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA255
RGB	rgb(238, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 20.91, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 54.70, 67.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0566 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.13 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8233, 44.6780, 14.5922)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA255 #55A1EE

analogous

#EE5555 #EEA255 #EDEE55

triadic

#EEA255 #55EEA2 #A255EE

tetradic

#EEA255 #55EE55 #55A1EE #EE55ED

square

#EEA255 #55EE55 #55A1EE #EE55ED

split-complementary

#EEA255 #55EDEE #5555EE

monochromatic

#B66512 #E8841D #EEA255 #F4C08D #F9DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#EEA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA255

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA255	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.130 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd87',
    500: '#eea255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea255;
$custom-light: #f8bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.196,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA255

secondary

#B4CFEB

accent

#72DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA255

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

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