#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
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 10.03, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 59.03, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0234 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.133 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6219, 47.4015, 12.7182)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5AE48	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5AE48

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

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