#EEAD55#EEAD55

#EEAD55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAD55
RGB	rgb(238, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 15.09, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 55.56, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% 0.0394 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.129 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8464, 48.7242, 15.2666)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAD55 #5596EE

analogous

#EE6055 #EEAD55 #E2EE55

triadic

#EEAD55 #55EEAD #AD55EE

tetradic

#EEAD55 #55EE60 #5596EE #EE55E2

square

#EEAD55 #55EE60 #5596EE #EE55E2

split-complementary

#EEAD55 #55E2EE #6055EE

monochromatic

#B67112 #E8921D #EEAD55 #F4C88D #F9E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#EEAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#EEAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAD55

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAD55	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eead55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c588',
    500: '#eead55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eead55;
$custom-light: #f8c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eead55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79245,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAD55

secondary

#B4CBEB

accent

#63DE07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAD55

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

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