#EEA55C#EEA55C
#EEA55C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.124 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEA55C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 165, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 61.3%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.46, 19.78, 48.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.46, 51.94, 67.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.85% 0.0542 0.112) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.85% 0.124 64.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.6500, 45.8643, 16.3082) |
| Luminance | 0.4586 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.40
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.30
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.96
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.31
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.63
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEA55C #5CA5EE
analogous
#EE5C5C #EEA55C #EEEE5C
triadic
#EEA55C #5CEEA5 #A55CEE
tetradic
#EEA55C #5CEE5C #5CA5EE #EE5CEE
square
#EEA55C #5CEE5C #5CA5EE #EE5CEE
split-complementary
#EEA55C #5CEEEE #5C5CEE
monochromatic
#BC6814 #E88625 #EEA55C #F4C493 #FAE2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#EEA55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.17
#EEA55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEA55C
10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEA55C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEA55C | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.17 | 10.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eea55c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 165, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.124 64.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8bf8c',
500: '#eea55c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eea55c; $custom-light: #f8bf8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eea55c",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 165,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 81.111,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77849,
"c": 0.12439,
"h": 64.2
},
"luminance": 0.4586
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEA55C
secondary
#BAD3EC
accent
#73DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D