#E5AE56#E5AE56

#E5AE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.123 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE56
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 10.87, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 53.08, 78.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0277 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.123 77)
XYZ	xyz(49.1317, 47.6055, 15.4033)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE56 #568DE5

analogous

#E56756 #E5AE56 #D5E556

triadic

#E5AE56 #56E5AE #AE56E5

tetradic

#E5AE56 #56E567 #568DE5 #E556D5

square

#E5AE56 #56E567 #568DE5 #E556D5

split-complementary

#E5AE56 #56D5E5 #6756E5

monochromatic

#A7711A #DC9422 #E5AE56 #EDC78B #F5E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E5AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E5AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE56

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE56	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)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.123 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c689',
    500: '#e5ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae56;
$custom-light: #f1c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.47602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE56

secondary

#B1C5E6

accent

#5CD510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE56

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

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