#EEA556#EEA556
#EEA556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEA556 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 165, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 82%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.39, 19.39, 50.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.39, 54.44, 69.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.78% 0.0522 0.1173) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.78% 0.128 66) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3981, 45.7635, 14.9812) |
| Luminance | 0.4576 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.46
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.47
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.60
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.64
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.32
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEA556 #569FEE
analogous
#EE5956 #EEA556 #EBEE56
triadic
#EEA556 #56EEA5 #A556EE
tetradic
#EEA556 #56EE59 #569FEE #EE56EB
square
#EEA556 #56EE59 #569FEE #EE56EB
split-complementary
#EEA556 #56EBEE #5956EE
monochromatic
#B76812 #E8871E #EEA556 #F4C38E #F9E0C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#EEA556 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.15
#EEA556 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEA556
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEA556 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEA556 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.15 | 10.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAA4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eea556; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 165, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 66.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8bf88',
500: '#eea556',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eea556; $custom-light: #f8bf88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eea556",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 165,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.184,
"s": 81.72,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77777,
"c": 0.12843,
"h": 66
},
"luminance": 0.45759
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEA556
secondary
#B5CFEB
accent
#6FDE07
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D