#EEA256#EEA256

#EEA256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA256
RGB	rgb(238, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 20.97, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 54.29, 67.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0569 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.129 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8633, 44.6940, 14.8030)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA256 #56A2EE

analogous

#EE5656 #EEA256 #EEEE56

triadic

#EEA256 #56EEA2 #A256EE

tetradic

#EEA256 #56EE56 #56A2EE #EE56EE

square

#EEA256 #56EE56 #56A2EE #EE56EE

split-complementary

#EEA256 #56EEEE #5656EE

monochromatic

#B76512 #E8831E #EEA256 #F4C18E #F9DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#EEA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA256

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA256	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd88',
    500: '#eea256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea256;
$custom-light: #f8bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77231,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA256

secondary

#B5D0EB

accent

#73DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA256

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

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