#EEA859#EEA859

#EEA859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.126 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA859
RGB	rgb(238, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 17.99, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 53.39, 70.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% 0.0485 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.126 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0690, 46.9078, 15.8137)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA859 #599FEE

analogous

#EE5E59 #EEA859 #EAEE59

triadic

#EEA859 #59EEA8 #A859EE

tetradic

#EEA859 #59EE5E #599FEE #EE59EA

square

#EEA859 #59EE5E #599FEE #EE59EA

split-complementary

#EEA859 #59EAEE #5E59EE

monochromatic

#BA6B13 #E88B21 #EEA859 #F4C591 #F9E2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#EEA859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#EEA859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA859

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA859	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.126 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c18a',
    500: '#eea859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea859;
$custom-light: #f8c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.812,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78363,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA859

secondary

#B7D0EB

accent

#6CDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA859

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

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