#E9AE58#E9AE58

#E9AE58 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE58
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 12.67, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 53.15, 76.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.033 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.124 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5048, 48.3040, 15.8942)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE58 #5893E9

analogous

#E96558 #E9AE58 #DCE958

triadic

#E9AE58 #58E9AE #AE58E9

tetradic

#E9AE58 #58E965 #5893E9 #E958DC

square

#E9AE58 #58E965 #5893E9 #E958DC

split-complementary

#E9AE58 #58DCE9 #6558E9

monochromatic

#AF7117 #E29422 #E9AE58 #F0C88E #F7E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E9AE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE58

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE58	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)

#C4B04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c68a',
    500: '#e9ae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae58;
$custom-light: #f4c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.586,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7893,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE58

secondary

#B4CAE8

accent

#60D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE58

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

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