#E7AE49#E7AE49

#E7AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.133 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7AE49
RGB	rgb(231, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 10.93, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 59.05, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.026 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.133 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2967, 47.7457, 12.9215)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7AE49 #4982E7

analogous

#E75F49 #E7AE49 #D1E749

triadic

#E7AE49 #49E7AE #AE49E7

tetradic

#E7AE49 #49E75F #4982E7 #E749D1

square

#E7AE49 #49E75F #4982E7 #E749D1

split-complementary

#E7AE49 #49D1E7 #5F49E7

monochromatic

#A06E15 #D7931C #E7AE49 #EEC67F #F5DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E7AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E7AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7AE49

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7AE49	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.133 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c680',
    500: '#e7ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ae49;
$custom-light: #f3c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.354,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78562,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7AE49

secondary

#A7BDE5

accent

#79F335

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7AE49

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

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