#EEAE57#EEAE57

#EEAE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE57
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 14.69, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 54.83, 74.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0384 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.128 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1195, 49.1413, 15.7552)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE57 #5797EE

analogous

#EE6257 #EEAE57 #E2EE57

triadic

#EEAE57 #57EEAE #AE57EE

tetradic

#EEAE57 #57EE62 #5797EE #EE57E2

square

#EEAE57 #57EE62 #5797EE #EE57E2

split-complementary

#EEAE57 #57E2EE #6257EE

monochromatic

#B87213 #E8931F #EEAE57 #F4C98F #F9E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#EEAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE57

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE57	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c689',
    500: '#eeae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae57;
$custom-light: #f8c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.57,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79455,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE57

secondary

#B6CCEB

accent

#62DE08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE57

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

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