#E9AE72#E9AE72

#E9AE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.103 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE72
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, 14.67, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 41.71, 69.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0422 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.103 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7801, 48.8141, 22.6111)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE72 #72ADE9

analogous

#E97272 #E9AE72 #E8E972

triadic

#E9AE72 #72E9AE #AE72E9

tetradic

#E9AE72 #72E972 #72ADE9 #E972E8

square

#E9AE72 #72E972 #72ADE9 #E972E8

split-complementary

#E9AE72 #72E8E9 #7272E9

monochromatic

#C2711E #E1903D #E9AE72 #F1CCA7 #FAEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E9AE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#E9AE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE72

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE72	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.103 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c69b',
    500: '#e9ae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae72;
$custom-light: #f3c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.252,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79283,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE72

secondary

#C9DBEE

accent

#72D510

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F2

border

#D7D1CC

text

#17130E

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE72

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

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