#E2AE40#E2AE40

#E2AE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE40
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, 8.35, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 61.63, 82.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0177 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.137 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4285, 46.8144, 11.3876)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE40 #4074E2

analogous

#E25D40 #E2AE40 #C5E240

triadic

#E2AE40 #40E2AE #AE40E2

tetradic

#E2AE40 #40E25D #4074E2 #E240C5

square

#E2AE40 #40E25D #4074E2 #E240C5

split-complementary

#E2AE40 #40C5E2 #5D40E2

monochromatic

#926A16 #C7911E #E2AE40 #EAC575 #F2DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E2AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#E2AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE40

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE40	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)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c57b',
    500: '#e2ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae40;
$custom-light: #f0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.741,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77956,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE40

secondary

#9EB3E0

accent

#73F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE40

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

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