#E4AE55#E4AE55

#E4AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE55
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, 10.38, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 53.29, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0262 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.123 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7734, 47.4254, 15.1777)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE55 #558BE4

analogous

#E46755 #E4AE55 #D2E455

triadic

#E4AE55 #55E4AE #AE55E4

tetradic

#E4AE55 #55E467 #558BE4 #E455D2

square

#E4AE55 #55E467 #558BE4 #E455D2

split-complementary

#E4AE55 #55D2E4 #6755E4

monochromatic

#A4701A #D99423 #E4AE55 #ECC78A #F5E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E4AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E4AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE55

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE55	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c688',
    500: '#e4ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae55;
$custom-light: #f0c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.343,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78367,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE55

secondary

#B0C4E5

accent

#5BD511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE55

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

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