#E1AE3E#E1AE3E

#E1AE3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE3E
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 7.83, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 62.22, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.016 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.138 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0598, 46.6308, 11.0785)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE3E #3E71E1

analogous

#E15D3E #E1AE3E #C3E13E

triadic

#E1AE3E #3EE1AE #AE3EE1

tetradic

#E1AE3E #3EE15D #3E71E1 #E13EC3

square

#E1AE3E #3EE15D #3E71E1 #E13EC3

split-complementary

#E1AE3E #3EC3E1 #5D3EE1

monochromatic

#8E6916 #C3901E #E1AE3E #E9C473 #F1DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#E1AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE3E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE3E	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57a',
    500: '#e1ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae3e;
$custom-light: #efc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.227,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77836,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE3E

secondary

#9CB1DF

accent

#72F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE3E

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

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