#E9AE4B#E9AE4B

#E9AE4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE4B
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 67.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 11.88, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 58.68, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.029 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.133 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0135, 48.1075, 13.3068)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE4B #4B86E9

analogous

#E95F4B #E9AE4B #D5E94B

triadic

#E9AE4B #4BE9AE #AE4BE9

tetradic

#E9AE4B #4BE95F #4B86E9 #E94BD5

square

#E9AE4B #4BE95F #4B86E9 #E94BD5

split-complementary

#E9AE4B #4BD5E9 #5F4BE9

monochromatic

#A56F14 #DC941B #E9AE4B #F0C782 #F6DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E9AE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE4B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE4B	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c682',
    500: '#e9ae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae4b;
$custom-light: #f4c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.595,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78794,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE4B

secondary

#AAC0E6

accent

#58DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE4B

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