#E1A23E#E1A23E

#E1A23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A23E
RGB	rgb(225, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 14.21, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 60.46, 76.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0346 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.135 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8443, 42.1997, 10.3400)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A23E #3E7DE1

analogous

#E1513E #E1A23E #CEE13E

triadic

#E1A23E #3EE1A2 #A23EE1

tetradic

#E1A23E #3EE151 #3E7DE1 #E13ECE

square

#E1A23E #3EE151 #3E7DE1 #E13ECE

split-complementary

#E1A23E #3ECEE1 #513EE1

monochromatic

#8E6016 #C3841E #E1A23E #E9BC73 #F1D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E1A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#E1A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A23E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A23E	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd79',
    500: '#e1a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a23e;
$custom-light: #efbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.81,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A23E

secondary

#9CB6DF

accent

#7FF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A23E

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

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