#E9AE41#E9AE41

#E9AE41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.139 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE41
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 72.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 11.38, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 62.68, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0262 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.139 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6977, 47.9812, 11.6438)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE41 #417CE9

analogous

#E95A41 #E9AE41 #D0E941

triadic

#E9AE41 #41E9AE #AE41E9

tetradic

#E9AE41 #41E95A #417CE9 #E941D0

square

#E9AE41 #41E95A #417CE9 #E941D0

split-complementary

#E9AE41 #41D0E9 #5A41E9

monochromatic

#9D6D12 #D49219 #E9AE41 #EFC578 #F6DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#E9AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE41

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE41	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.139 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c57c',
    500: '#e9ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae41;
$custom-light: #f5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.929,
    "s": 79.245,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE41

secondary

#A2B9E4

accent

#77F632

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE41

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

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