#E9AE66#E9AE66

#E9AE66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.113 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE66
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 13.68, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 46.99, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0378 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.113 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1414, 48.5586, 19.2470)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE66 #66A1E9

analogous

#E96C66 #E9AE66 #E2E966

triadic

#E9AE66 #66E9AE #AE66E9

tetradic

#E9AE66 #66E96C #66A1E9 #E966E2

square

#E9AE66 #66E96C #66A1E9 #E966E2

split-complementary

#E9AE66 #66E2E9 #6C66E9

monochromatic

#BA721B #E19230 #E9AE66 #F1CA9C #F8E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E9AE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE66

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE66	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.113 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c693',
    500: '#e9ae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae66;
$custom-light: #f3c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.977,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79106,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE66

secondary

#C0D3EB

accent

#69D70E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE66

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

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