#EEAE59#EEAE59

#EEAE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.126 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE59
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 14.81, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 53.98, 74.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0391 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.126 72)
XYZ	xyz(52.2023, 49.1745, 16.1915)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE59 #5999EE

analogous

#EE6459 #EEAE59 #E4EE59

triadic

#EEAE59 #59EEAE #AE59EE

tetradic

#EEAE59 #59EE64 #5999EE #EE59E4

square

#EEAE59 #59EE64 #5999EE #EE59E4

split-complementary

#EEAE59 #59E4EE #6459EE

monochromatic

#BA7213 #E89321 #EEAE59 #F4C991 #F9E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#EEAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE59

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE59	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)

#C5B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.126 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c68b',
    500: '#eeae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae59;
$custom-light: #f8c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.228,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79477,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.49171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE59

secondary

#B7CEEB

accent

#64DE08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE59

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

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