#E1AE40#E1AE40

#E1AE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.137 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE40
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 7.92, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 61.44, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% 0.0165 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.137 83)
XYZ	xyz(47.1157, 46.6532, 11.3729)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE40 #4073E1

analogous

#E15E40 #E1AE40 #C4E140

triadic

#E1AE40 #40E1AE #AE40E1

tetradic

#E1AE40 #40E15E #4073E1 #E140C4

square

#E1AE40 #40E15E #4073E1 #E140C4

split-complementary

#E1AE40 #40C4E1 #5E40E1

monochromatic

#906A17 #C5901F #E1AE40 #E9C475 #F2DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#E1AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE40

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE40	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)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.137 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57b',
    500: '#e1ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae40;
$custom-light: #efc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.994,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.4665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE40

secondary

#9DB2DF

accent

#72F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE40

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

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