#EEA959#EEA959

#EEA959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEA959
RGB	rgb(238, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 17.46, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 53.47, 70.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0469 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.126 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2543, 47.2784, 15.8755)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEA959 #599EEE

analogous

#EE5F59 #EEA959 #E8EE59

triadic

#EEA959 #59EEA9 #A959EE

tetradic

#EEA959 #59EE5F #599EEE #EE59E8

square

#EEA959 #59EE5F #599EEE #EE59E8

split-complementary

#EEA959 #59E8EE #5F59EE

monochromatic

#BA6C13 #E88C21 #EEA959 #F4C691 #F9E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#EEA959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#EEA959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEA959

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEA959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEA959	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eea959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c28a',
    500: '#eea959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eea959;
$custom-light: #f8c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eea959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.215,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78547,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEA959

secondary

#B7CFEB

accent

#6BDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEA959

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

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