#E5AE50#E5AE50

#E5AE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE50
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 10.49, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 55.68, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0258 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.128 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9000, 47.5128, 14.1832)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE50 #5087E5

analogous

#E56350 #E5AE50 #D2E550

triadic

#E5AE50 #50E5AE #AE50E5

tetradic

#E5AE50 #50E563 #5087E5 #E550D2

square

#E5AE50 #50E563 #5087E5 #E550D2

split-complementary

#E5AE50 #50D2E5 #6350E5

monochromatic

#A26F18 #D89420 #E5AE50 #EDC785 #F5DFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#E5AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE50

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE50	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c685',
    500: '#e5ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae50;
$custom-light: #f1c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE50

secondary

#ACC1E5

accent

#59D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE50

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

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