#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
RGBrgb(238, 174, 81)
HSLhsl(36, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(36, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.9%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.48, 14.32, 55.55)
CIE-LCHlch(75.48, 57.37, 75.54°)
OKLaboklab(79.39% 0.0366 0.1266)
OKLCHoklch(79.39% 0.132 73.9)
XYZxyz(51.8844, 49.0473, 14.5174)
Luminance0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##EEAE511.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

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

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#EEAE51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva