#E5AE4C#E5AE4C

#E5AE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.130 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE4C
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 10.25, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 57.37, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0246 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.13 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7566, 47.4554, 13.4279)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE4C #4C83E5

analogous

#E5614C #E5AE4C #D0E54C

triadic

#E5AE4C #4CE5AE #AE4CE5

tetradic

#E5AE4C #4CE561 #4C83E5 #E54CD0

square

#E5AE4C #4CE561 #4C83E5 #E54CD0

split-complementary

#E5AE4C #4CD0E5 #614CE5

monochromatic

#9F6E17 #D5931F #E5AE4C #EDC681 #F5DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E5AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE4C

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE4C	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.130 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c682',
    500: '#e5ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae4c;
$custom-light: #f1c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78379,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE4C

secondary

#A9BEE4

accent

#7AF137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE4C

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