#EEA261#EEA261

#EEA261 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.122 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA261
RGB	rgb(238, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 21.71, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 49.76, 64.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0607 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.122 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3411, 44.8851, 17.3193)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA261 #61ADEE

analogous

#EE6166 #EEA261 #EEE961

triadic

#EEA261 #61EEA2 #A261EE

tetradic

#EEA261 #66EE61 #61ADEE #E961EE

square

#EEA261 #66EE61 #61ADEE #E961EE

split-complementary

#EEA261 #61EEE9 #6166EE

monochromatic

#C06415 #E8812A #EEA261 #F4C398 #FAE3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#EEA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#EEA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA261

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA261	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.122 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bd8f',
    500: '#eea261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea261;
$custom-light: #f8bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.66,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7737,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA261

secondary

#BED7ED

accent

#7BDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA261

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

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