#E0AE42#E0AE42

#E0AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0AE42
RGB	rgb(224, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 7.59, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 60.46, 82.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0159 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.135 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8627, 46.5160, 11.6635)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0AE42 #4274E0

analogous

#E05F42 #E0AE42 #C3E042

triadic

#E0AE42 #42E0AE #AE42E0

tetradic

#E0AE42 #42E05F #4274E0 #E042C3

square

#E0AE42 #42E05F #4274E0 #E042C3

split-complementary

#E0AE42 #42C3E0 #5F42E0

monochromatic

#906A18 #C59120 #E0AE42 #E9C577 #F1DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E0AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#E0AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0AE42

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0AE42	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec57c',
    500: '#e0ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ae42;
$custom-light: #eec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77764,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0AE42

secondary

#9FB3DF

accent

#73EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0AE42

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

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