#E0B551#E0B551

#E0B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B551
RGB	rgb(224, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 4.74, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 55.64, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0095 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.127 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7521, 49.4921, 14.7681)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B551 #517CE0

analogous

#E06E51 #E0B551 #C4E051

triadic

#E0B551 #51E0B5 #B551E0

tetradic

#E0B551 #51E06E #517CE0 #E051C4

square

#E0B551 #51E06E #517CE0 #E051C4

split-complementary

#E0B551 #51C4E0 #6E51E0

monochromatic

#9B751C #CF9C25 #E0B551 #E9CB85 #F3E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E0B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E0B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B551

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B551	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edca86',
    500: '#e0b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b551;
$custom-light: #edca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B551

secondary

#ABBBE2

accent

#71ED3B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B551

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

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