#E1A43C#E1A43C

#E1A43C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A43C
RGB	rgb(225, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 73.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 13.05, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 61.47, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.031 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.137 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1455, 42.8883, 10.1747)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A43C #3C79E1

analogous

#E1513C #E1A43C #CBE13C

triadic

#E1A43C #3CE1A4 #A43CE1

tetradic

#E1A43C #3CE151 #3C79E1 #E13CCB

square

#E1A43C #3CE151 #3C79E1 #E13CCB

split-complementary

#E1A43C #3CCBE1 #513CE1

monochromatic

#8D6116 #C2851E #E1A43C #E9BD71 #F1D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E1A43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E1A43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A43C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A43C	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbe78',
    500: '#e1a43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a43c;
$custom-light: #efbe78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75892,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A43C

secondary

#9AB3DF

accent

#7CF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A43C

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

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