#E5AA49#E5AA49

#E5AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.132 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AA49
RGB	rgb(229, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 12.21, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 58.01, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0299 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.132 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8935, 45.8921, 12.6376)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AA49 #4984E5

analogous

#E55C49 #E5AA49 #D2E549

triadic

#E5AA49 #49E5AA #AA49E5

tetradic

#E5AA49 #49E55C #4984E5 #E549D2

square

#E5AA49 #49E55C #4984E5 #E549D2

split-complementary

#E5AA49 #49D2E5 #5C49E5

monochromatic

#9D6A16 #D38E1E #E5AA49 #EDC37F #F4DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E5AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E5AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AA49

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AA49	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.132 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c380',
    500: '#e5aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5aa49;
$custom-light: #f2c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.308,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77584,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AA49

secondary

#A6BDE3

accent

#7DF236

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AA49

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

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