#E1A240#E1A240

#E1A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A240
RGB	rgb(225, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 14.31, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 59.68, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0351 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.134 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9001, 42.2220, 10.6344)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A240 #407FE1

analogous

#E15240 #E1A240 #CFE140

triadic

#E1A240 #40E1A2 #A240E1

tetradic

#E1A240 #40E152 #407FE1 #E140CF

square

#E1A240 #40E152 #407FE1 #E140CF

split-complementary

#E1A240 #40CFE1 #5240E1

monochromatic

#906017 #C5841F #E1A240 #E9BC75 #F2D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E1A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#E1A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A240

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A240	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd7a',
    500: '#e1a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a240;
$custom-light: #efbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75546,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A240

secondary

#9DB7DF

accent

#80F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A240

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

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