#E0AE38#E0AE38

#E0AE38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0AE38
RGB	rgb(224, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 7.13, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 64.28, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0134 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.141 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5933, 46.4082, 10.2443)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0AE38 #386AE0

analogous

#E05A38 #E0AE38 #BEE038

triadic

#E0AE38 #38E0AE #AE38E0

tetradic

#E0AE38 #38E05A #386AE0 #E038BE

square

#E0AE38 #38E05A #386AE0 #E038BE

split-complementary

#E0AE38 #38BEE0 #5A38E0

monochromatic

#886615 #BD8E1D #E0AE38 #E8C46D #F0D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E0AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#E0AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0AE38

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0AE38	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec577',
    500: '#e0ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ae38;
$custom-light: #eec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0AE38

secondary

#97ACDD

accent

#6FF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0AE38

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

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