#EEAE55#EEAE55

#EEAE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.129 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE55
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 14.56, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 55.68, 74.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0378 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.129 73)
XYZ	xyz(52.0389, 49.1091, 15.3308)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE55 #5595EE

analogous

#EE6155 #EEAE55 #E1EE55

triadic

#EEAE55 #55EEAE #AE55EE

tetradic

#EEAE55 #55EE61 #5595EE #EE55E1

square

#EEAE55 #55EE61 #5595EE #EE55E1

split-complementary

#EEAE55 #55E1EE #6155EE

monochromatic

#B67212 #E8931D #EEAE55 #F4C98D #F9E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#EEAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE55

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE55	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.129 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c688',
    500: '#eeae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae55;
$custom-light: #f8c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79432,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.49105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE55

secondary

#B4CBEB

accent

#61DE07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE55

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

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