#EEAE51#EEAE51

#EEAE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.132 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE51
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, 14.32, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 57.37, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0366 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.132 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8844, 49.0473, 14.5174)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE51 #5191EE

analogous

#EE5F51 #EEAE51 #E0EE51

triadic

#EEAE51 #51EEAE #AE51EE

tetradic

#EEAE51 #51EE5F #5191EE #EE51E0

square

#EEAE51 #51EE5F #5191EE #EE51E0

split-complementary

#EEAE51 #51E0EE #5F51EE

monochromatic

#B37111 #E99419 #EEAE51 #F3C889 #F9E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#EEAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE51

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE51	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.132 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c685',
    500: '#eeae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae51;
$custom-light: #f8c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.541,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE51

secondary

#B1C8EA

accent

#5FDF07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE51

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

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