#E9AE62#E9AE62

#E9AE62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE62
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 13.37, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 48.76, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0364 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.116 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9478, 48.4812, 18.2273)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE62 #629DE9

analogous

#E96B62 #E9AE62 #E0E962

triadic

#E9AE62 #62E9AE #AE62E9

tetradic

#E9AE62 #62E96B #629DE9 #E962E0

square

#E9AE62 #62E96B #629DE9 #E962E0

split-complementary

#E9AE62 #62E0E9 #6B62E9

monochromatic

#B7721A #E1922C #E9AE62 #F1CA98 #F8E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#E9AE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE62

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE62	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c690',
    500: '#e9ae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae62;
$custom-light: #f3c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79053,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE62

secondary

#BCD1EA

accent

#66D80E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE62

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

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