#E5AE59#E5AE59

#E5AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE59
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 11.07, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 51.76, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0287 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.121 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2551, 47.6548, 16.0533)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE59 #5990E5

analogous

#E56859 #E5AE59 #D6E559

triadic

#E5AE59 #59E5AE #AE59E5

tetradic

#E5AE59 #59E568 #5990E5 #E559D6

square

#E5AE59 #59E568 #5990E5 #E559D6

split-complementary

#E5AE59 #59D6E5 #6859E5

monochromatic

#A9711A #DD9424 #E5AE59 #EDC88E #F6E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E5AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E5AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE59

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE59	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c68a',
    500: '#e5ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae59;
$custom-light: #f1c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE59

secondary

#B3C7E6

accent

#5ED510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE59

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

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