#E5AE48#E5AE48

#E5AE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.133 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5AE48
RGBrgb(229, 174, 72)
HSLhsl(39, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(39, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.45, 10.03, 58.18)
CIE-LCHlch(74.45, 59.03, 80.22°)
OKLaboklab(78.34% 0.0234 0.1311)
OKLCHoklch(78.34% 0.133 79.9)
XYZxyz(48.6219, 47.4015, 12.7182)
Luminance0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5AE48 #487FE5
analogous
#E56048 #E5AE48 #CEE548
triadic
#E5AE48 #48E5AE #AE48E5
tetradic
#E5AE48 #48E560 #487FE5 #E548CE
square
#E5AE48 #48E560 #487FE5 #E548CE
split-complementary
#E5AE48 #48CEE5 #6048E5
monochromatic
#9C6D16 #D2931E #E5AE48 #EDC67E #F4DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#E5AE48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48
#E5AE48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE48
10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5AE48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5AE481.002.0010.4810.48
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4821.001.001.00
##00000010.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BD4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89E98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.133 79.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c580',
    500: '#e5ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5ae48;
$custom-light: #f2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.981,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78341,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5AE48
secondary
#A6BBE3
accent
#78F236
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8EF
border
#D7D1CA
text
#18120A
muted
#86817C

Preview Lab

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#E5AE48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva