#E9AE50#E9AE50

#E9AE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.130 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE50
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 12.17, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 56.59, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0305 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.13 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1914, 48.1786, 14.2438)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE50 #508BE9

analogous

#E96250 #E9AE50 #D7E950

triadic

#E9AE50 #50E9AE #AE50E9

tetradic

#E9AE50 #50E962 #508BE9 #E950D7

square

#E9AE50 #50E962 #508BE9 #E950D7

split-complementary

#E9AE50 #50D7E9 #6250E9

monochromatic

#A97015 #E0941C #E9AE50 #F0C786 #F7E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E9AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE50

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE50	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.130 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c685',
    500: '#e9ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae50;
$custom-light: #f4c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.863,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78843,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE50

secondary

#AEC4E7

accent

#5BDA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE50

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

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