#EEAD49#EEAD49

#EEAD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.137 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAD49
RGB	rgb(238, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 14.41, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 60.54, 76.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0357 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.137 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4095, 48.5494, 12.9654)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAD49 #498AEE

analogous

#EE5A49 #EEAD49 #DCEE49

triadic

#EEAD49 #49EEAD #AD49EE

tetradic

#EEAD49 #49EE5A #498AEE #EE49DC

square

#EEAD49 #49EE5A #498AEE #EE49DC

split-complementary

#EEAD49 #49DCEE #5A49EE

monochromatic

#AC6F10 #E49315 #EEAD49 #F3C681 #F8DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#EEAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#EEAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAD49

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAD49	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eead49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.137 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c580',
    500: '#eead49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eead49;
$custom-light: #f8c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eead49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAD49

secondary

#AAC3E9

accent

#5CDF06

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAD49

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

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