#E1A540#E1A540

#E1A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A540
RGB	rgb(225, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 12.71, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 60.04, 77.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0305 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.134 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4349, 43.2915, 10.8126)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A540 #407CE1

analogous

#E15540 #E1A540 #CCE140

triadic

#E1A540 #40E1A5 #A540E1

tetradic

#E1A540 #40E155 #407CE1 #E140CC

square

#E1A540 #40E155 #407CE1 #E140CC

split-complementary

#E1A540 #40CCE1 #5540E1

monochromatic

#906317 #C5871F #E1A540 #E9BE75 #F2D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E1A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#E1A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A540

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A540	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf7a',
    500: '#e1a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a540;
$custom-light: #efbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.64,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76116,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A540

secondary

#9DB6DF

accent

#7DF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A540

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

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