#E9AF50

A light, vivid orange closely aligning with Goldenrod.

About #E9AF50

Visually, #E9AF50 is defined as a vivid orange. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Goldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 233 red, 175 green, and 80 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 25% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9AF50
RGB233, 175, 80
HSL37.3°, 77.7%, 61.4%
CMYK0%, 25%, 66%, 9%
HSV37.3°, 65.7%, 91.4%
LAB75.2, 11.6, 55.5
XYZ50.4, 48.6, 14.3
Decimal15314768

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.96:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.71:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.87:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.11:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9AF50; }
.text-color { color: #E9AF50; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9AF50; }

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