#e9ae30

Color #e9ae30

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 4.54 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e9ae30

RGB

rgb(233, 174, 48)

HSL

hsl(40.9, 80.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40.9, 79.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 79.4%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(74.71, 10.7, 67.91)

LCH

lch(74.71, 68.75, 81.05)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.1486, 81.37)

HWB

hwb(40.9, 18.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#306be9

Analogous

#e95230

#e9ae30

#c7e930

Triadic

#e9ae30

#30e9ae

#ae30e9

Split-complementary

#e9ae30

#30c7e9

#5230e9

Tetradic

#e9ae30

#6be930

#306be9

#ae30e9

Square

#e9ae30

#30e952

#306be9

#e930c7

Shades

Color #e9ae30 mixed toward black.

#d49716

#a97912

#7f5b0d

#553d09

#2a1e04

Tints

Color #e9ae30 mixed toward white.

#edbc52

#f0c975

#f4d797

#f8e4ba

#fbf2dc

Tones

Color #e9ae30 mixed toward gray.

#daa93f

#caa34f

#bb9d5e

#ab986e

#9c927d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d263 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#d5d96b · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#e77c80 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9ae30;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9ae30]

Related colors

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#e9ae30 (#e9ae30) is rgb(233, 174, 48) in RGB.

No, #e9ae30 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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