#EEAA61#EEAA61

#EEAA61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAA61
RGB	rgb(238, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 17.48, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 50.15, 69.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0481 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.12 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7954, 47.7937, 17.8041)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAA61 #61A5EE

analogous

#EE6361 #EEAA61 #EBEE61

triadic

#EEAA61 #61EEAA #AA61EE

tetradic

#EEAA61 #61EE63 #61A5EE #EE61EB

square

#EEAA61 #61EE63 #61A5EE #EE61EB

split-complementary

#EEAA61 #61EBEE #6361EE

monochromatic

#C06D15 #E88C2A #EEAA61 #F4C898 #FAE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#EEAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#EEAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAA61

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAA61	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c390',
    500: '#eeaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeaa61;
$custom-light: #f7c390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78831,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAA61

secondary

#BED5ED

accent

#6FDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAA61

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

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