#E9AE5B#E9AE5B

#E9AE5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE5B
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, 12.87, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 51.84, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.034 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.122 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6316, 48.3547, 16.5622)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE5B #5B96E9

analogous

#E9675B #E9AE5B #DDE95B

triadic

#E9AE5B #5BE9AE #AE5BE9

tetradic

#E9AE5B #5BE967 #5B96E9 #E95BDD

square

#E9AE5B #5BE967 #5B96E9 #E95BDD

split-complementary

#E9AE5B #5BDDE9 #675BE9

monochromatic

#B27218 #E29325 #E9AE5B #F0C991 #F7E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E9AE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE5B

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE5B	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)

#C3B053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c68c',
    500: '#e9ae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae5b;
$custom-light: #f4c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.07,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78965,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE5B

secondary

#B7CCE9

accent

#62D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE5B

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

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