#E8AE45#E8AE45

#E8AE45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE45
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, 11.15, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 60.89, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0261 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.137 79)
XYZ	xyz(49.4921, 47.8613, 12.2605)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE45 #457FE8

analogous

#E85D45 #E8AE45 #D1E845

triadic

#E8AE45 #45E8AE #AE45E8

tetradic

#E8AE45 #45E85D #457FE8 #E845D1

square

#E8AE45 #45E85D #457FE8 #E845D1

split-complementary

#E8AE45 #45D1E8 #5D45E8

monochromatic

#9F6D14 #D5931A #E8AE45 #EFC67B #F5DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E8AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#E8AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE45

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE45	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c57e',
    500: '#e8ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae45;
$custom-light: #f4c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.65,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.47858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE45

secondary

#A4BBE4

accent

#78F433

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE45

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

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