#E2AE44#E2AE44

#E2AE44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE44
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 8.55, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 60.05, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0188 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.134 82)
XYZ	xyz(47.5464, 46.8616, 12.0087)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE44 #4478E2

analogous

#E25F44 #E2AE44 #C7E244

triadic

#E2AE44 #44E2AE #AE44E2

tetradic

#E2AE44 #44E25F #4478E2 #E244C7

square

#E2AE44 #44E25F #4478E2 #E244C7

split-complementary

#E2AE44 #44C7E2 #5F44E2

monochromatic

#956B17 #CA911F #E2AE44 #EAC579 #F2DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E2AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#E2AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE44

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE44	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)

#C4AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57d',
    500: '#e2ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae44;
$custom-light: #efc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7799,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.46858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE44

secondary

#A1B6E1

accent

#74F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE44

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

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