#E1A038#E1A038

#E1A038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A038
RGB	rgb(225, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 75.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 15.01, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 62.53, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0362 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.138 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3391, 41.4384, 9.4038)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A038 #3879E1

analogous

#E14B38 #E1A038 #CEE138

triadic

#E1A038 #38E1A0 #A038E1

tetradic

#E1A038 #38E14B #3879E1 #E138CE

square

#E1A038 #38E14B #3879E1 #E138CE

split-complementary

#E1A038 #38CEE1 #4B38E1

monochromatic

#8A5D15 #BF811D #E1A038 #E9B96D #F1D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E1A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#E1A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A038

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A038	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc75',
    500: '#e1a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a038;
$custom-light: #f0bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75104,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A038

secondary

#97B2DE

accent

#7FF037

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A038

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

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