#E9AE4E#E9AE4E

#E9AE4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.131 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE4E
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 12.05, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 57.43, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0298 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.131 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1186, 48.1495, 13.8604)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE4E #4E89E9

analogous

#E9604E #E9AE4E #D7E94E

triadic

#E9AE4E #4EE9AE #AE4EE9

tetradic

#E9AE4E #4EE960 #4E89E9 #E94ED7

square

#E9AE4E #4EE960 #4E89E9 #E94ED7

split-complementary

#E9AE4E #4ED7E9 #604EE9

monochromatic

#A87015 #DE941C #E9AE4E #F0C784 #F7E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E9AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE4E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE4E	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.131 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c683',
    500: '#e9ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae4e;
$custom-light: #f4c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE4E

secondary

#ACC2E7

accent

#5ADA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE4E

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

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