#E9AE5D#E9AE5D

#E9AE5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE5D
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 13.01, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 50.96, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0347 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.12 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7190, 48.3897, 17.0226)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE5D #5D98E9

analogous

#E9685D #E9AE5D #DEE95D

triadic

#E9AE5D #5DE9AE #AE5DE9

tetradic

#E9AE5D #5DE968 #5D98E9 #E95DDE

square

#E9AE5D #5DE968 #5D98E9 #E95DDE

split-complementary

#E9AE5D #5DDEE9 #685DE9

monochromatic

#B37218 #E29327 #E9AE5D #F0C993 #F8E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E9AE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#E9AE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE5D

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE5D	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c68d',
    500: '#e9ae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae5d;
$custom-light: #f4c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78989,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE5D

secondary

#B8CDE9

accent

#63D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE5D

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

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