#E9AE55#E9AE55

#E9AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE55
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 12.48, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 54.45, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.032 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.126 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3830, 48.2553, 15.2532)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE55 #5590E9

analogous

#E96455 #E9AE55 #DAE955

triadic

#E9AE55 #55E9AE #AE55E9

tetradic

#E9AE55 #55E964 #5590E9 #E955DA

square

#E9AE55 #55E964 #5590E9 #E955DA

split-complementary

#E9AE55 #55DAE9 #6455E9

monochromatic

#AD7116 #E2941F #E9AE55 #F0C88B #F7E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#E9AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE55

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE55	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c688',
    500: '#e9ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae55;
$custom-light: #f4c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78896,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE55

secondary

#B2C7E8

accent

#5ED90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE55

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

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