#E9AF48#E9AF48

#E9AF48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.135 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AF48
RGB	rgb(233, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 11.19, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 60.06, 79.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0266 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.135 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1071, 48.4552, 12.8433)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AF48 #4882E9

analogous

#E95E48 #E9AF48 #D3E948

triadic

#E9AF48 #48E9AF #AF48E9

tetradic

#E9AF48 #48E95E #4882E9 #E948D3

square

#E9AF48 #48E95E #4882E9 #E948D3

split-complementary

#E9AF48 #48D3E9 #5E48E9

monochromatic

#A36F14 #DA951A #E9AF48 #F0C77F #F6DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E9AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AF48

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AF48	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.135 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c680',
    500: '#e9af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9af48;
$custom-light: #f4c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.385,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AF48

secondary

#A7BEE6

accent

#79F533

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AF48

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

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