#E5AE5B#E5AE5B

#E5AE5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.119 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AE5B
RGB	rgb(229, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 11.20, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 50.87, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0294 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.119 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3402, 47.6889, 16.5016)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AE5B #5B92E5

analogous

#E5695B #E5AE5B #D7E55B

triadic

#E5AE5B #5BE5AE #AE5BE5

tetradic

#E5AE5B #5BE569 #5B92E5 #E55BD7

square

#E5AE5B #5BE569 #5B92E5 #E55BD7

split-complementary

#E5AE5B #5BD7E5 #695BE5

monochromatic

#AB711B #DD9426 #E5AE5B #EDC890 #F6E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E5AE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#E5AE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE5B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AE5B	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.119 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c68c',
    500: '#e5ae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ae5b;
$custom-light: #f1c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AE5B

secondary

#B5C9E7

accent

#5FD511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE5B

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

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