#E1AE45#E1AE45

#E1AE45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.133 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE45
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, 8.17, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 59.44, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0179 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.133 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2644, 46.7126, 12.1561)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE45 #4578E1

analogous

#E16045 #E1AE45 #C6E145

triadic

#E1AE45 #45E1AE #AE45E1

tetradic

#E1AE45 #45E160 #4578E1 #E145C6

square

#E1AE45 #45E160 #4578E1 #E145C6

split-complementary

#E1AE45 #45C6E1 #6045E1

monochromatic

#946B18 #C89220 #E1AE45 #E9C57A #F2DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#E1AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE45

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE45	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.133 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57e',
    500: '#e1ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae45;
$custom-light: #efc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77894,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE45

secondary

#A2B6E0

accent

#74EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE45

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

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