#E4AE49#E4AE49

#E4AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.132 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE49
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 9.66, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 58.41, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% 0.0225 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.132 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3365, 47.2506, 12.8765)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE49 #497FE4

analogous

#E46149 #E4AE49 #CDE449

triadic

#E4AE49 #49E4AE #AE49E4

tetradic

#E4AE49 #49E461 #497FE4 #E449CD

square

#E4AE49 #49E461 #497FE4 #E449CD

split-complementary

#E4AE49 #49CDE4 #6149E4

monochromatic

#9C6D17 #D1931F #E4AE49 #ECC67E #F4DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E4AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#E4AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE49

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE49	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)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c580',
    500: '#e4ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae49;
$custom-light: #f1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.097,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE49

secondary

#A6BBE3

accent

#78F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE49

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

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