#E1A449#E1A449

#E1A449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A449
RGB	rgb(225, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 13.71, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 56.25, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0346 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.128 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5323, 43.0431, 12.2121)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A449 #4986E1

analogous

#E15849 #E1A449 #D2E149

triadic

#E1A449 #49E1A4 #A449E1

tetradic

#E1A449 #49E158 #4986E1 #E149D2

square

#E1A449 #49E158 #4986E1 #E149D2

split-complementary

#E1A449 #49D2E1 #5849E1

monochromatic

#976419 #CB8722 #E1A449 #EABE7E #F2D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E1A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E1A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A449

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A449	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbe80',
    500: '#e1a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a449;
$custom-light: #efbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.921,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A449

secondary

#A5BDE1

accent

#82EE39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A449

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

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