#E0AE3A#E0AE3A

#E0AE3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0AE3A
RGB	rgb(224, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 74.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 7.22, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 63.54, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0139 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.14 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6432, 46.4282, 10.5070)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0AE3A #3A6CE0

analogous

#E05B3A #E0AE3A #BFE03A

triadic

#E0AE3A #3AE0AE #AE3AE0

tetradic

#E0AE3A #3AE05B #3A6CE0 #E03ABF

square

#E0AE3A #3AE05B #3A6CE0 #E03ABF

split-complementary

#E0AE3A #3ABFE0 #5B3AE0

monochromatic

#8A6716 #BF8E1E #E0AE3A #E8C46F #F1D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E0AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#E0AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0AE3A

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0AE3A	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)

#C4AE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec578',
    500: '#e0ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ae3a;
$custom-light: #eec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.928,
    "s": 72.807,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77701,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0AE3A

secondary

#98ADDE

accent

#6FEF38

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0AE3A

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

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