#E2AE59#E2AE59

#E2AE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AE59
RGB	rgb(226, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 9.81, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 51.07, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.0252 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.119 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3059, 47.1654, 16.0088)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AE59 #598DE2

analogous

#E26A59 #E2AE59 #D2E259

triadic

#E2AE59 #59E2AE #AE59E2

tetradic

#E2AE59 #59E26A #598DE2 #E259D2

square

#E2AE59 #59E26A #598DE2 #E259D2

split-complementary

#E2AE59 #59D2E2 #6A59E2

monochromatic

#A4711D #D89426 #E2AE59 #EBC78D #F4E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E2AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#E2AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AE59

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AE59	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc68a',
    500: '#e2ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ae59;
$custom-light: #efc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78204,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AE59

secondary

#B2C5E5

accent

#5CD213

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AE59

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

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