#EEAD51#EEAD51

#EEAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.132 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAD51
RGB	rgb(238, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 14.85, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 57.25, 74.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0381 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.132 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6920, 48.6624, 14.4532)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAD51 #5192EE

analogous

#EE5E51 #EEAD51 #E1EE51

triadic

#EEAD51 #51EEAD #AD51EE

tetradic

#EEAD51 #51EE5E #5192EE #EE51E1

square

#EEAD51 #51EE5E #5192EE #EE51E1

split-complementary

#EEAD51 #51E1EE #5E51EE

monochromatic

#B37011 #E99319 #EEAD51 #F3C789 #F9E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#EEAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#EEAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAD51

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAD51	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eead51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.132 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c585',
    500: '#eead51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eead51;
$custom-light: #f8c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eead51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.159,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79203,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAD51

secondary

#B1C8EA

accent

#60DF07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAD51

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

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