#E9AE57#E9AE57

#E9AE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.125 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE57
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 12.60, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 53.58, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0327 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.125 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4636, 48.2875, 15.6775)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE57 #5792E9

analogous

#E96557 #E9AE57 #DBE957

triadic

#E9AE57 #57E9AE #AE57E9

tetradic

#E9AE57 #57E965 #5792E9 #E957DB

square

#E9AE57 #57E965 #5792E9 #E957DB

split-complementary

#E9AE57 #57DBE9 #6557E9

monochromatic

#AF7117 #E29421 #E9AE57 #F0C88D #F7E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E9AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE57

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE57	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.125 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c689',
    500: '#e9ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae57;
$custom-light: #f4c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE57

secondary

#B3C9E8

accent

#5FD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE57

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

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