#E9AE61#E9AE61

#E9AE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE61
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, 13.30, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 49.20, 74.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.036 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.117 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9008, 48.4624, 17.9802)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE61 #619CE9

analogous

#E96A61 #E9AE61 #E0E961

triadic

#E9AE61 #61E9AE #AE61E9

tetradic

#E9AE61 #61E96A #619CE9 #E961E0

square

#E9AE61 #61E96A #619CE9 #E961E0

split-complementary

#E9AE61 #61E0E9 #6A61E9

monochromatic

#B67219 #E2922B #E9AE61 #F0CA97 #F8E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E9AE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE61

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE61	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c690',
    500: '#e9ae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae61;
$custom-light: #f3c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE61

secondary

#BCD0EA

accent

#65D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE61

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

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