#E2AE3E#E2AE3E

#E2AE3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE3E
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 8.25, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 62.41, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0172 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.138 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3726, 46.7921, 11.0932)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE3E #3E72E2

analogous

#E25C3E #E2AE3E #C4E23E

triadic

#E2AE3E #3EE2AE #AE3EE2

tetradic

#E2AE3E #3EE25C #3E72E2 #E23EC4

square

#E2AE3E #3EE25C #3E72E2 #E23EC4

split-complementary

#E2AE3E #3EC4E2 #5C3EE2

monochromatic

#906916 #C5901E #E2AE3E #EAC473 #F2DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E2AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#E2AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE3E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE3E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c57a',
    500: '#e2ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae3e;
$custom-light: #f0c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7794,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE3E

secondary

#9CB2E0

accent

#72F137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

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