#E2AE49#E2AE49

#E2AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.131 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE49
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 8.81, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 58.00, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0202 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.131 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7055, 46.9252, 12.8469)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE49 #497DE2

analogous

#E26149 #E2AE49 #C9E249

triadic

#E2AE49 #49E2AE #AE49E2

tetradic

#E2AE49 #49E261 #497DE2 #E249C9

square

#E2AE49 #49E261 #497DE2 #E249C9

split-complementary

#E2AE49 #49C9E2 #6149E2

monochromatic

#986D18 #CD9321 #E2AE49 #EAC57E #F3DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E2AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#E2AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE49

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE49	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.131 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc580',
    500: '#e2ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae49;
$custom-light: #efc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78035,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE49

secondary

#A5BAE2

accent

#77EF39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE49

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

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