#E5AE53#E5AE53

#E5AE53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE53
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 10.67, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 54.38, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0267 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.125 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0134, 47.5581, 14.7801)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE53 #538AE5

analogous

#E56553 #E5AE53 #D3E553

triadic

#E5AE53 #53E5AE #AE53E5

tetradic

#E5AE53 #53E565 #538AE5 #E553D3

square

#E5AE53 #53E565 #538AE5 #E553D3

split-complementary

#E5AE53 #53D3E5 #6553E5

monochromatic

#A57019 #DA9421 #E5AE53 #EDC788 #F5E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#E5AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE53

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE53	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c687',
    500: '#e5ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae53;
$custom-light: #f1c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78451,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE53

secondary

#AEC3E5

accent

#5AD610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE53

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

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