#E4AE48#E4AE48

#E4AE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE48
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 9.61, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 58.82, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0223 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.133 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3036, 47.2374, 12.7033)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE48 #487EE4

analogous

#E46048 #E4AE48 #CCE448

triadic

#E4AE48 #48E4AE #AE48E4

tetradic

#E4AE48 #48E460 #487EE4 #E448CC

square

#E4AE48 #48E460 #487EE4 #E448CC

split-complementary

#E4AE48 #48CCE4 #6048E4

monochromatic

#9B6D17 #D0931F #E4AE48 #ECC67D #F4DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E4AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#E4AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE48

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE48	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c580',
    500: '#e4ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae48;
$custom-light: #f1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE48

secondary

#A5BAE3

accent

#77F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE48

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