#E1AE59#E1AE59

#E1AE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.119 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AE59
RGB	rgb(225, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 9.39, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 50.85, 79.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.024 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.119 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9932, 47.0041, 15.9942)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AE59 #598CE1

analogous

#E16A59 #E1AE59 #D0E159

triadic

#E1AE59 #59E1AE #AE59E1

tetradic

#E1AE59 #59E16A #598CE1 #E159D0

square

#E1AE59 #59E16A #598CE1 #E159D0

split-complementary

#E1AE59 #59D0E1 #6A59E1

monochromatic

#A2701D #D69427 #E1AE59 #EAC78D #F4E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E1AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#E1AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AE59

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AE59	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.119 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec68a',
    500: '#e1ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ae59;
$custom-light: #eec68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.781,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AE59

secondary

#B2C5E4

accent

#5BD114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AE59

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

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