#E9AE4C#E9AE4C

#E9AE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE4C
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 11.94, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 58.26, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0293 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.132 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0480, 48.1213, 13.4885)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE4C #4C87E9

analogous

#E95F4C #E9AE4C #D6E94C

triadic

#E9AE4C #4CE9AE #AE4CE9

tetradic

#E9AE4C #4CE95F #4C87E9 #E94CD6

square

#E9AE4C #4CE95F #4C87E9 #E94CD6

split-complementary

#E9AE4C #4CD6E9 #5F4CE9

monochromatic

#A66F14 #DD941B #E9AE4C #F0C783 #F6DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E9AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE4C

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE4C	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)

#C4B041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c682',
    500: '#e9ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae4c;
$custom-light: #f4c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.452,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78803,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE4C

secondary

#ABC1E6

accent

#59DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE4C

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