#E8AE49#E8AE49

#E8AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.134 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE49
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 11.35, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 59.28, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0272 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.134 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6205, 47.9126, 12.9367)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE49 #4983E8

analogous

#E85E49 #E8AE49 #D3E849

triadic

#E8AE49 #49E8AE #AE49E8

tetradic

#E8AE49 #49E85E #4983E8 #E849D3

square

#E8AE49 #49E85E #4983E8 #E849D3

split-complementary

#E8AE49 #49D3E8 #5E49E8

monochromatic

#A26E14 #D8931B #E8AE49 #EFC67F #F6DEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#E8AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE49

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE49	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.134 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c680',
    500: '#e8ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae49;
$custom-light: #f4c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.113,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE49

secondary

#A8BEE5

accent

#7AF434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE49

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

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