#E1A342#E1A342

#E1A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A342
RGB	rgb(225, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 13.87, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 59.00, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0341 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.133 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1349, 42.5989, 10.9985)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A342 #4280E1

analogous

#E15442 #E1A342 #CFE142

triadic

#E1A342 #42E1A3 #A342E1

tetradic

#E1A342 #42E154 #4280E1 #E142CF

square

#E1A342 #42E154 #4280E1 #E142CF

split-complementary

#E1A342 #42CFE1 #5442E1

monochromatic

#926217 #C6851F #E1A342 #E9BD77 #F2D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E1A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#E1A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A342

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A342	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbe7b',
    500: '#e1a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a342;
$custom-light: #efbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.604,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75753,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A342

secondary

#9FB8E0

accent

#80EF38

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A342

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

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