#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
RGBrgb(229, 174, 89)
HSLhsl(36, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.61, 11.07, 50.56)
CIE-LCHlch(74.61, 51.76, 77.65°)
OKLaboklab(78.52% 0.0287 0.1173)
OKLCHoklch(78.52% 0.121 76.3)
XYZxyz(49.2551, 47.6548, 16.0533)
Luminance0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5AE591.001.9910.5310.53
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

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

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#E5AE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva