#E9AE51#E9AE51

#E9AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.129 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE51
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 12.23, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 56.16, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0308 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.129 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2286, 48.1935, 14.4398)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE51 #518CE9

analogous

#E96251 #E9AE51 #D8E951

triadic

#E9AE51 #51E9AE #AE51E9

tetradic

#E9AE51 #51E962 #518CE9 #E951D8

square

#E9AE51 #51E962 #518CE9 #E951D8

split-complementary

#E9AE51 #51D8E9 #6251E9

monochromatic

#AA7016 #E0941C #E9AE51 #F0C787 #F7E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E9AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE51

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE51	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)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c685',
    500: '#e9ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae51;
$custom-light: #f4c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.711,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78853,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE51

secondary

#AFC5E7

accent

#5CDA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE51

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

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