#E1A23F#E1A23F

#E1A23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A23F
RGB	rgb(225, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 72%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 14.26, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 60.07, 76.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0349 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.135 75)
XYZ	xyz(44.8719, 42.2107, 10.4859)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A23F #3F7EE1

analogous

#E1513F #E1A23F #CFE13F

triadic

#E1A23F #3FE1A2 #A23FE1

tetradic

#E1A23F #3FE151 #3F7EE1 #E13FCF

square

#E1A23F #3FE151 #3F7EE1 #E13FCF

split-complementary

#E1A23F #3FCFE1 #513FE1

monochromatic

#8F6016 #C4841F #E1A23F #E9BC74 #F2D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E1A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#E1A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A23F

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A23F	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)

#B9A532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd79',
    500: '#e1a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a23f;
$custom-light: #efbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.42207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A23F

secondary

#9DB7DF

accent

#80F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A23F

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

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