#EEA259#EEA259

#EEA259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.127 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA259
RGB	rgb(238, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 21.17, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 53.05, 66.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0579 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.127 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9867, 44.7433, 15.4529)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA259 #59A5EE

analogous

#EE595B #EEA259 #EEED59

triadic

#EEA259 #59EEA2 #A259EE

tetradic

#EEA259 #5BEE59 #59A5EE #ED59EE

square

#EEA259 #5BEE59 #59A5EE #ED59EE

split-complementary

#EEA259 #59EEED #595BEE

monochromatic

#BA6513 #E88321 #EEA259 #F4C191 #F9E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#EEA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA259

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA259	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)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.127 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd8a',
    500: '#eea259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea259;
$custom-light: #f8bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.396,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA259

secondary

#B7D2EB

accent

#75DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA259

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

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