#E5AE55#E5AE55

#E5AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE55
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 10.80, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 53.51, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0274 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.124 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0917, 47.5895, 15.1926)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE55 #558CE5

analogous

#E56655 #E5AE55 #D4E555

triadic

#E5AE55 #55E5AE #AE55E5

tetradic

#E5AE55 #55E566 #558CE5 #E555D4

square

#E5AE55 #55E566 #558CE5 #E555D4

split-complementary

#E5AE55 #55D4E5 #6655E5

monochromatic

#A67019 #DB9422 #E5AE55 #EDC78A #F5E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E5AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE55

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE55	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c688',
    500: '#e5ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae55;
$custom-light: #f1c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE55

secondary

#B0C5E6

accent

#5BD610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE55

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

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