#E1AE49#E1AE49

#E1AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.131 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE49
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 8.39, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 57.79, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.019 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.131 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3928, 46.7640, 12.8322)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE49 #497CE1

analogous

#E16249 #E1AE49 #C8E149

triadic

#E1AE49 #49E1AE #AE49E1

tetradic

#E1AE49 #49E162 #497CE1 #E149C8

square

#E1AE49 #49E162 #497CE1 #E149C8

split-complementary

#E1AE49 #49C8E1 #6249E1

monochromatic

#976D19 #CB9222 #E1AE49 #EAC57E #F2DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#E1AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE49

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE49	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.131 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc580',
    500: '#e1ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae49;
$custom-light: #efc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.868,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE49

secondary

#A5B9E1

accent

#76EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE49

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

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