#EEA561#EEA561

#EEA561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA561
RGB	rgb(238, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 20.13, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 49.85, 66.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0559 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.121 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8759, 45.9546, 17.4976)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA561 #61AAEE

analogous

#EE6163 #EEA561 #EEEB61

triadic

#EEA561 #61EEA5 #A561EE

tetradic

#EEA561 #63EE61 #61AAEE #EB61EE

square

#EEA561 #63EE61 #61AAEE #EB61EE

split-complementary

#EEA561 #61EEEB #6163EE

monochromatic

#C06715 #E8862A #EEA561 #F4C498 #FAE4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#EEA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#EEA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA561

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA561	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bf8f',
    500: '#eea561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea561;
$custom-light: #f7bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.936,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA561

secondary

#BED6ED

accent

#77DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA561

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

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