#E1A549#E1A549

#E1A549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A549
RGB	rgb(225, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 13.18, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 56.38, 76.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.033 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.129 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7120, 43.4024, 12.2720)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A549 #4985E1

analogous

#E15949 #E1A549 #D1E149

triadic

#E1A549 #49E1A5 #A549E1

tetradic

#E1A549 #49E159 #4985E1 #E149D1

square

#E1A549 #49E159 #4985E1 #E149D1

split-complementary

#E1A549 #49D1E1 #5949E1

monochromatic

#976519 #CB8822 #E1A549 #EABF7E #F2D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E1A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E1A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A549

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A549	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf80',
    500: '#e1a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a549;
$custom-light: #efbf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A549

secondary

#A5BDE1

accent

#81EE39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A549

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

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