#E9AE63#E9AE63

#E9AE63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.115 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE63
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 13.45, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 48.32, 73.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% 0.0367 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.115 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9953, 48.5002, 18.4775)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE63 #639EE9

analogous

#E96B63 #E9AE63 #E1E963

triadic

#E9AE63 #63E9AE #AE63E9

tetradic

#E9AE63 #63E96B #639EE9 #E963E1

square

#E9AE63 #63E96B #639EE9 #E963E1

split-complementary

#E9AE63 #63E1E9 #6B63E9

monochromatic

#B8721A #E1922D #E9AE63 #F1CA99 #F8E6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#E9AE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE63

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE63	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)

#C3B15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.115 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c691',
    500: '#e9ae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae63;
$custom-light: #f3c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.582,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79066,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE63

secondary

#BDD1EB

accent

#67D70E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE63

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

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