#E9AE5A#E9AE5A

#E9AE5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE5A
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 12.80, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 52.28, 75.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0336 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.122 74)
XYZ	xyz(50.5887, 48.3376, 16.3365)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE5A #5A95E9

analogous

#E9665A #E9AE5A #DCE95A

triadic

#E9AE5A #5AE9AE #AE5AE9

tetradic

#E9AE5A #5AE966 #5A95E9 #E95ADC

square

#E9AE5A #5AE966 #5A95E9 #E95ADC

split-complementary

#E9AE5A #5ADCE9 #665AE9

monochromatic

#B17218 #E29324 #E9AE5A #F0C990 #F7E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E9AE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE5A

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE5A	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c68b',
    500: '#e9ae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae5a;
$custom-light: #f4c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.245,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE5A

secondary

#B6CBE9

accent

#61D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE5A

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

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