#E5AE51#E5AE51

#E5AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE51
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 10.55, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 55.25, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0261 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.127 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9372, 47.5277, 14.3793)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE51 #5188E5

analogous

#E56451 #E5AE51 #D2E551

triadic

#E5AE51 #51E5AE #AE51E5

tetradic

#E5AE51 #51E564 #5188E5 #E551D2

square

#E5AE51 #51E564 #5188E5 #E551D2

split-complementary

#E5AE51 #51D2E5 #6451E5

monochromatic

#A37018 #D89420 #E5AE51 #EDC786 #F5E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#E5AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE51

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE51	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)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c685',
    500: '#e5ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae51;
$custom-light: #f1c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78429,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE51

secondary

#ADC2E5

accent

#59D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE51

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

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