#E2AE23#E2AE23

#E2AE23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE23
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 7.30, 70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 71.24, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0117 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.151 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8066, 46.5657, 8.1126)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE23 #2357E2

analogous

#E24E23 #E2AE23 #B6E223

triadic

#E2AE23 #23E2AE #AE23E2

tetradic

#E2AE23 #23E24E #2357E2 #E223B6

square

#E2AE23 #23E24E #2357E2 #E223B6

split-complementary

#E2AE23 #23B6E2 #4E23E2

monochromatic

#7A5E10 #B18717 #E2AE23 #E9C259 #F0D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E2AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#E2AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE23

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE23	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c56d',
    500: '#e2ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae23;
$custom-light: #f1c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.665,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7778,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE23

secondary

#869DDB

accent

#68F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE23

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

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