#E9AF51#E9AF51

#E9AF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AF51
RGB	rgb(233, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 11.70, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 56.31, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0292 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.129 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4225, 48.5813, 14.5044)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AF51 #518BE9

analogous

#E96351 #E9AF51 #D7E951

triadic

#E9AF51 #51E9AF #AF51E9

tetradic

#E9AF51 #51E963 #518BE9 #E951D7

square

#E9AF51 #51E963 #518BE9 #E951D7

split-complementary

#E9AF51 #51D7E9 #6351E9

monochromatic

#AA7116 #E0961C #E9AF51 #F0C887 #F7E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E9AF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AF51

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AF51	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9af51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c685',
    500: '#e9af51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9af51;
$custom-light: #f4c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9af51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.105,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79044,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AF51

secondary

#AFC4E7

accent

#5ADA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AF51

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

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