#EEAE61#EEAE61

#EEAE61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.120 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE61
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 15.36, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 50.52, 72.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0418 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.12 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5567, 49.3162, 18.0578)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE61 #61A1EE

analogous

#EE6761 #EEAE61 #E7EE61

triadic

#EEAE61 #61EEAE #AE61EE

tetradic

#EEAE61 #61EE67 #61A1EE #EE61E7

square

#EEAE61 #61EE67 #61A1EE #EE61E7

split-complementary

#EEAE61 #61E7EE #6761EE

monochromatic

#C07215 #E8922A #EEAE61 #F4CA98 #FAE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#EEAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#EEAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE61

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE61	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.120 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c690',
    500: '#eeae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae61;
$custom-light: #f7c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.766,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE61

secondary

#BED3ED

accent

#69DD09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130D

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE61

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

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