#E4AE59#E4AE59

#E4AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.120 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE59
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 10.65, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 51.53, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0275 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.12 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9369, 47.4907, 16.0384)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE59 #598FE4

analogous

#E46959 #E4AE59 #D4E459

triadic

#E4AE59 #59E4AE #AE59E4

tetradic

#E4AE59 #59E469 #598FE4 #E459D4

square

#E4AE59 #59E469 #598FE4 #E459D4

split-complementary

#E4AE59 #59D4E4 #6959E4

monochromatic

#A7711B #DB9424 #E4AE59 #EDC88E #F5E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E4AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#E4AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE59

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE59	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.120 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c68a',
    500: '#e4ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae59;
$custom-light: #f0c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE59

secondary

#B3C7E6

accent

#5DD411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE59

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

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