#E4AE50#E4AE50

#E4AE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE50
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 10.07, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 55.46, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0246 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.127 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5818, 47.3487, 14.1683)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE50 #5086E4

analogous

#E46450 #E4AE50 #D0E450

triadic

#E4AE50 #50E4AE #AE50E4

tetradic

#E4AE50 #50E464 #5086E4 #E450D0

square

#E4AE50 #50E464 #5086E4 #E450D0

split-complementary

#E4AE50 #50D0E4 #6450E4

monochromatic

#A16F19 #D69421 #E4AE50 #ECC785 #F4DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E4AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#E4AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE50

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE50	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c685',
    500: '#e4ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae50;
$custom-light: #f0c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78314,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE50

secondary

#ACC0E4

accent

#58D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE50

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

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