#E9AE3B#E9AE3B

#E9AE3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.143 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE3B
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 11.11, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 64.95, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0247 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.143 80)
XYZ	xyz(49.5331, 47.9153, 10.7766)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE3B #3B76E9

analogous

#E9573B #E9AE3B #CDE93B

triadic

#E9AE3B #3BE9AE #AE3BE9

tetradic

#E9AE3B #3BE957 #3B76E9 #E93BCD

square

#E9AE3B #3BE957 #3B76E9 #E93BCD

split-complementary

#E9AE3B #3BCDE9 #573BE9

monochromatic

#986B11 #D09117 #E9AE3B #EFC572 #F5DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#E9AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE3B

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE3B	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)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.143 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c578',
    500: '#e9ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae3b;
$custom-light: #f5c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.655,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE3B

secondary

#9DB5E3

accent

#74F632

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE3B

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

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