#E1AE4A#E1AE4A

#E1AE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE4A
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, 8.44, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 57.38, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0193 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.13 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4262, 46.7774, 13.0083)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE4A #4A7DE1

analogous

#E1624A #E1AE4A #C8E14A

triadic

#E1AE4A #4AE1AE #AE4AE1

tetradic

#E1AE4A #4AE162 #4A7DE1 #E14AC8

square

#E1AE4A #4AE162 #4A7DE1 #E14AC8

split-complementary

#E1AE4A #4AC8E1 #624AE1

monochromatic

#976D19 #CC9322 #E1AE4A #EAC57E #F2DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E1AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#E1AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE4A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE4A	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)

#C3AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec581',
    500: '#e1ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae4a;
$custom-light: #eec581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7794,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE4A

secondary

#A6BAE1

accent

#77EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE4A

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

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