#E2AE51#E2AE51

#E2AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.125 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE51
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 9.28, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 54.59, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0226 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.125 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9880, 47.0383, 14.3348)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE51 #5185E2

analogous

#E26551 #E2AE51 #CDE251

triadic

#E2AE51 #51E2AE #AE51E2

tetradic

#E2AE51 #51E265 #5185E2 #E251CD

square

#E2AE51 #51E265 #5185E2 #E251CD

split-complementary

#E2AE51 #51CDE2 #6551E2

monochromatic

#9E6F1A #D39423 #E2AE51 #EBC685 #F3DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E2AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#E2AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE51

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE51	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.125 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc685',
    500: '#e2ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae51;
$custom-light: #efc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE51

secondary

#ACC0E3

accent

#57D312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE51

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

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