#E4AE61#E4AE61

#E4AE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AE61
RGB	rgb(228, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 11.23, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 47.95, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0303 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.114 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2912, 47.6325, 17.9048)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AE61 #6197E4

analogous

#E46C61 #E4AE61 #D9E461

triadic

#E4AE61 #61E4AE #AE61E4

tetradic

#E4AE61 #61E46C #6197E4 #E461D9

square

#E4AE61 #61E46C #6197E4 #E461D9

split-complementary

#E4AE61 #61D9E4 #6C61E4

monochromatic

#AD721E #DB932D #E4AE61 #EDC995 #F6E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E4AE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E4AE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AE61

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AE61	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c690',
    500: '#e4ae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ae61;
$custom-light: #f0c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AE61

secondary

#B9CCE7

accent

#62D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AE61

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

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