#E5AE44#E5AE44

#E5AE44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE44
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 9.82, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 60.66, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0223 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.136 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4956, 47.3510, 12.0532)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE44 #447BE5

analogous

#E55D44 #E5AE44 #CCE544

triadic

#E5AE44 #44E5AE #AE44E5

tetradic

#E5AE44 #44E55D #447BE5 #E544CC

square

#E5AE44 #44E55D #447BE5 #E544CC

split-complementary

#E5AE44 #44CCE5 #5D44E5

monochromatic

#996C15 #CF921D #E5AE44 #ECC57A #F4DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E5AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#E5AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE44

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE44	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c57d',
    500: '#e5ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae44;
$custom-light: #f2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE44

secondary

#A2B8E2

accent

#76F236

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE44

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

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