#EEAC51#EEAC51

#EEAC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.132 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAC51
RGB	rgb(238, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 15.38, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 57.13, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0397 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.132 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5009, 48.2803, 14.3896)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAC51 #5193EE

analogous

#EE5D51 #EEAC51 #E2EE51

triadic

#EEAC51 #51EEAC #AC51EE

tetradic

#EEAC51 #51EE5D #5193EE #EE51E2

square

#EEAC51 #51EE5D #5193EE #EE51E2

split-complementary

#EEAC51 #51E2EE #5D51EE

monochromatic

#B36F11 #E99119 #EEAC51 #F3C789 #F9E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#EEAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#EEAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAC51

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAC51	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.132 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c485',
    500: '#eeac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeac51;
$custom-light: #f8c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79016,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAC51

secondary

#B1C9EA

accent

#62DF07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAC51

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

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