#E7AE4E#E7AE4E

#E7AE4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7AE4E
RGB	rgb(231, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 11.21, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 56.97, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0275 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.13 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4692, 47.8147, 13.8299)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7AE4E #4E87E7

analogous

#E7614E #E7AE4E #D3E74E

triadic

#E7AE4E #4EE7AE #AE4EE7

tetradic

#E7AE4E #4EE761 #4E87E7 #E74ED3

square

#E7AE4E #4EE761 #4E87E7 #E74ED3

split-complementary

#E7AE4E #4ED3E7 #614EE7

monochromatic

#A46F16 #DA941E #E7AE4E #EEC784 #F6DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E7AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E7AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7AE4E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7AE4E	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c683',
    500: '#e7ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ae4e;
$custom-light: #f3c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7AE4E

secondary

#ABC1E5

accent

#59D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7AE4E

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

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