#E9AE52#E9AE52

#E9AE52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.128 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE52
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 12.29, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 55.74, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0311 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.128 76)
XYZ	xyz(50.2664, 48.2086, 14.6387)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE52 #528DE9

analogous

#E96352 #E9AE52 #D9E952

triadic

#E9AE52 #52E9AE #AE52E9

tetradic

#E9AE52 #52E963 #528DE9 #E952D9

square

#E9AE52 #52E963 #528DE9 #E952D9

split-complementary

#E9AE52 #52D9E9 #6352E9

monochromatic

#AB7116 #E1941D #E9AE52 #F0C788 #F7E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E9AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE52

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE52	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)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.128 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c686',
    500: '#e9ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae52;
$custom-light: #f4c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78864,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.48205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE52

secondary

#AFC5E7

accent

#5CDA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE52

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

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