#EEA542#EEA542

#EEA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA542
RGB	rgb(238, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 18.30, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 62.52, 72.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0462 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.141 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7020, 45.4851, 11.3151)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA542 #428BEE

analogous

#EE4F42 #EEA542 #E1EE42

triadic

#EEA542 #42EEA5 #A542EE

tetradic

#EEA542 #42EE4F #428BEE #EE42E1

square

#EEA542 #42EE4F #428BEE #EE42E1

split-complementary

#EEA542 #42E1EE #4F42EE

monochromatic

#A7660F #DF8914 #EEA542 #F3C07A #F8DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#EEA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#EEA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA542

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA542	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9bf7c',
    500: '#eea542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea542;
$custom-light: #f9bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77578,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA542

secondary

#A5C1E7

accent

#84FA2E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA542

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

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