#E9AE48#E9AE48

#E9AE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.135 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE48
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 11.72, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 59.91, 78.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0281 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.135 78)
XYZ	xyz(49.9132, 48.0674, 12.7787)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE48 #4883E9

analogous

#E95D48 #E9AE48 #D4E948

triadic

#E9AE48 #48E9AE #AE48E9

tetradic

#E9AE48 #48E95D #4883E9 #E948D4

square

#E9AE48 #48E95D #4883E9 #E948D4

split-complementary

#E9AE48 #48D4E9 #5D48E9

monochromatic

#A36E14 #DA931A #E9AE48 #F0C67F #F6DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E9AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE48

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE48	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.135 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c680',
    500: '#e9ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae48;
$custom-light: #f5c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.012,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78766,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE48

secondary

#A7BEE6

accent

#7AF533

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE48

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

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