#E1AE51#E1AE51

#E1AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.125 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE51
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, 8.86, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 54.38, 80.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0214 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.125 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6753, 46.8770, 14.3201)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE51 #5184E1

analogous

#E16651 #E1AE51 #CCE151

triadic

#E1AE51 #51E1AE #AE51E1

tetradic

#E1AE51 #51E166 #5184E1 #E151CC

square

#E1AE51 #51E166 #5184E1 #E151CC

split-complementary

#E1AE51 #51CCE1 #6651E1

monochromatic

#9D6F1B #D19424 #E1AE51 #EAC685 #F3DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E1AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#E1AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE51

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE51	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.125 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec685',
    500: '#e1ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae51;
$custom-light: #eec685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE51

secondary

#ABBFE3

accent

#7AED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE51

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

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