#E4AE57#E4AE57

#E4AE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE57
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 10.51, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 52.41, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0269 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.122 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8540, 47.4576, 15.6021)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE57 #578DE4

analogous

#E46857 #E4AE57 #D4E457

triadic

#E4AE57 #57E4AE #AE57E4

tetradic

#E4AE57 #57E468 #578DE4 #E457D4

square

#E4AE57 #57E468 #578DE4 #E457D4

split-complementary

#E4AE57 #57D4E4 #6857E4

monochromatic

#A6711B #DB9423 #E4AE57 #ECC78C #F5E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E4AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E4AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE57

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE57	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c689',
    500: '#e4ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae57;
$custom-light: #f0c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE57

secondary

#B1C5E6

accent

#5CD411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE57

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

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