#E0B451#E0B451

#E0B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.127 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B451
RGB	rgb(224, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 5.27, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 55.42, 84.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.011 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.127 85)
XYZ	xyz(48.5495, 49.0869, 14.7006)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B451 #517DE0

analogous

#E06C51 #E0B451 #C5E051

triadic

#E0B451 #51E0B4 #B451E0

tetradic

#E0B451 #51E06C #517DE0 #E051C5

square

#E0B451 #51E06C #517DE0 #E051C5

split-complementary

#E0B451 #51C5E0 #6C51E0

monochromatic

#9B741C #CF9B25 #E0B451 #E9CA85 #F3E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E0B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E0B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B451

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B451	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.127 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edca86',
    500: '#e0b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b451;
$custom-light: #edca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79082,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.49084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B451

secondary

#ABBCE2

accent

#72ED3B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B451

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

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