#E5AE37#E5AE37

#E5AE37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE37
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, 9.24, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 65.58, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0191 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.143 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1419, 47.2095, 10.1905)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE37 #376EE5

analogous

#E55737 #E5AE37 #C5E537

triadic

#E5AE37 #37E5AE #AE37E5

tetradic

#E5AE37 #37E557 #376EE5 #E537C5

square

#E5AE37 #37E557 #376EE5 #E537C5

split-complementary

#E5AE37 #37C5E5 #5737E5

monochromatic

#8F6813 #C58F1A #E5AE37 #ECC46D #F3DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E5AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#E5AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE37

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE37	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c576',
    500: '#e5ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae37;
$custom-light: #f2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.034,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78206,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE37

secondary

#98AFE0

accent

#71F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE37

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

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