#E1AE42#E1AE42

#E1AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE42
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 8.02, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 60.65, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0171 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.135 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1737, 46.6763, 11.6780)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE42 #4275E1

analogous

#E15F42 #E1AE42 #C4E142

triadic

#E1AE42 #42E1AE #AE42E1

tetradic

#E1AE42 #42E15F #4275E1 #E142C4

square

#E1AE42 #42E15F #4275E1 #E142C4

split-complementary

#E1AE42 #42C4E1 #5F42E1

monochromatic

#926A17 #C6911F #E1AE42 #E9C577 #F2DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#E1AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE42

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE42	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)

#C4AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57c',
    500: '#e1ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae42;
$custom-light: #efc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77868,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE42

secondary

#9FB4E0

accent

#73EF38

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE42

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

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