#E1A640#E1A640

#E1A640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A640
RGB	rgb(225, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 12.17, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 60.17, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0289 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.135 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6160, 43.6537, 10.8730)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A640 #407BE1

analogous

#E15540 #E1A640 #CCE140

triadic

#E1A640 #40E1A6 #A640E1

tetradic

#E1A640 #40E155 #407BE1 #E140CC

square

#E1A640 #40E155 #407BE1 #E140CC

split-complementary

#E1A640 #40CCE1 #5540E1

monochromatic

#906417 #C5881F #E1A640 #E9BF75 #F2D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E1A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#E1A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A640

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A640	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc07a',
    500: '#e1a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a640;
$custom-light: #efc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.012,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76307,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A640

secondary

#9DB6DF

accent

#7BF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A640

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

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