#EEAE56#EEAE56

#EEAE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE56
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 14.62, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 55.26, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0381 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.128 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0789, 49.1251, 15.5415)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE56 #5696EE

analogous

#EE6256 #EEAE56 #E2EE56

triadic

#EEAE56 #56EEAE #AE56EE

tetradic

#EEAE56 #56EE62 #5696EE #EE56E2

square

#EEAE56 #56EE62 #5696EE #EE56E2

split-complementary

#EEAE56 #56E2EE #6256EE

monochromatic

#B77212 #E8931E #EEAE56 #F4C98E #F9E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#EEAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE56

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE56	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)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c689',
    500: '#eeae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae56;
$custom-light: #f8c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79443,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE56

secondary

#B5CCEB

accent

#62DE07

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE56

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

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