#EEAA59#EEAA59

#EEAA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.126 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAA59
RGB	rgb(238, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 16.93, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 53.56, 71.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0453 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.126 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4410, 47.6519, 15.9377)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAA59 #599DEE

analogous

#EE6059 #EEAA59 #E8EE59

triadic

#EEAA59 #59EEAA #AA59EE

tetradic

#EEAA59 #59EE60 #599DEE #EE59E8

square

#EEAA59 #59EE60 #599DEE #EE59E8

split-complementary

#EEAA59 #59E8EE #6059EE

monochromatic

#BA6E13 #E88E21 #EEAA59 #F4C691 #F9E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#EEAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#EEAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAA59

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAA59	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.126 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c38a',
    500: '#eeaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeaa59;
$custom-light: #f8c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.617,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78732,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAA59

secondary

#B7CFEB

accent

#69DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAA59

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

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