#EEA55E#EEA55E
#EEA55E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEA55E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 165, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 60.5%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.48, 19.91, 47.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.48, 51.10, 67.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.88% 0.0549 0.1101) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.88% 0.123 63.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.7386, 45.8997, 16.7748) |
| Luminance | 0.4590 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.07
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.30
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.79
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.44
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEA55E #5EA7EE
analogous
#EE5E5F #EEA55E #EEED5E
triadic
#EEA55E #5EEEA5 #A55EEE
tetradic
#EEA55E #5FEE5E #5EA7EE #ED5EEE
square
#EEA55E #5FEE5E #5EA7EE #ED5EEE
split-complementary
#EEA55E #5EEEED #5E5FEE
monochromatic
#BE6814 #E88627 #EEA55E #F4C495 #FAE3CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#EEA55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.18
#EEA55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEA55E
10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEA55E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEA55E | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.18 | 10.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAB57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eea55e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 165, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8bf8d',
500: '#eea55e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eea55e; $custom-light: #f8bf8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eea55e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 165,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.583,
"s": 80.899,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77875,
"c": 0.12302,
"h": 63.5
},
"luminance": 0.45896
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEA55E
secondary
#BBD4EC
accent
#74DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D