#E1A249#E1A249

#E1A249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A249
RGB	rgb(225, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 14.78, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 56.02, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0377 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.128 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1772, 42.3328, 12.0937)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A249 #4988E1

analogous

#E15649 #E1A249 #D4E149

triadic

#E1A249 #49E1A2 #A249E1

tetradic

#E1A249 #49E156 #4988E1 #E149D4

square

#E1A249 #49E156 #4988E1 #E149D4

split-complementary

#E1A249 #49D4E1 #5649E1

monochromatic

#976319 #CB8522 #E1A249 #EABD7E #F2D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E1A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E1A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A249

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A249	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd80',
    500: '#e1a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a249;
$custom-light: #efbd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.132,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A249

secondary

#A5BEE1

accent

#84EE39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A249

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

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