#EEAA27#EEAA27

#EEAA27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAA27
RGB	rgb(238, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 85%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 83.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 14.68, 70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 72.05, 78.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0327 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.154 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0046, 47.0773, 8.3723)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAA27 #276BEE

analogous

#EE4627 #EEAA27 #CFEE27

triadic

#EEAA27 #27EEAA #AA27EE

tetradic

#EEAA27 #27EE46 #276BEE #EE27CF

square

#EEAA27 #27EE46 #276BEE #EE27CF

split-complementary

#EEAA27 #27CFEE #4627EE

monochromatic

#8F620B #C88910 #EEAA27 #F2C060 #F7D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#EEAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#EEAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAA27

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAA27	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fac36e',
    500: '#eeaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeaa27;
$custom-light: #fac36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.497,
    "s": 85.408,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAA27

secondary

#8EABE3

accent

#73FC2C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#191208

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAA27

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

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