#EEA257#EEA257

#EEA257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA257
RGB	rgb(238, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 21.04, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 53.88, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0573 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.128 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9039, 44.7102, 15.0166)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA257 #57A3EE

analogous

#EE5757 #EEA257 #EEED57

triadic

#EEA257 #57EEA2 #A257EE

tetradic

#EEA257 #57EE57 #57A3EE #ED57EE

square

#EEA257 #57EE57 #57A3EE #ED57EE

split-complementary

#EEA257 #57EEED #5757EE

monochromatic

#B86513 #E8831F #EEA257 #F4C18F #F9E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#EEA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA257

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA257	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)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd89',
    500: '#eea257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea257;
$custom-light: #f8bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.801,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA257

secondary

#B6D1EB

accent

#73DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA257

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

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