#EEAE79#EEAE79

#EEAE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.102 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAE79
RGB	rgb(238, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 17.32, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 40.23, 64.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0506 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.102 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8498, 49.8335, 24.8680)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAE79 #79B9EE

analogous

#EE797F #EEAE79 #EEE879

triadic

#EEAE79 #79EEAE #AE79EE

tetradic

#EEAE79 #7FEE79 #79B9EE #E879EE

square

#EEAE79 #7FEE79 #79B9EE #E879EE

split-complementary

#EEAE79 #79EEE8 #797FEE

monochromatic

#D26E1B #E78D43 #EEAE79 #F5CFAF #FCEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#EEAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#EEAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAE79

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAE79	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.102 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c6a0',
    500: '#eeae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeae79;
$custom-light: #f6c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.179,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79927,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAE79

secondary

#D1E3F1

accent

#7CDA0C

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F2

border

#D7D1CC

text

#17130F

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAE79

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

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