#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
RGBrgb(233, 174, 97)
HSLhsl(34, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(34, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.12, 13.30, 47.37)
CIE-LCHlch(75.12, 49.20, 74.32°)
OKLaboklab(79.04% 0.036 0.1112)
OKLCHoklch(79.04% 0.117 72.1)
XYZxyz(50.9008, 48.4624, 17.9802)
Luminance0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9AE611.001.9610.6910.69
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6921.001.001.00
##00000010.6921.001.001.00

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

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#E9AE61 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva