#E1A740#E1A740

#E1A740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1A740
RGBrgb(225, 167, 64)
HSLhsl(38, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(38, 72%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.8%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.24, 11.64, 59.18)
CIE-LCHlch(72.24, 60.31, 78.87°)
OKLaboklab(76.5% 0.0273 0.1319)
OKLCHoklch(76.5% 0.135 78.3)
XYZxyz(45.7985, 44.0187, 10.9338)
Luminance0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1A740 #407AE1
analogous
#E15740 #E1A740 #CBE140
triadic
#E1A740 #40E1A7 #A740E1
tetradic
#E1A740 #40E157 #407AE1 #E140CB
square
#E1A740 #40E157 #407AE1 #E140CB
split-complementary
#E1A740 #40CBE1 #5740E1
monochromatic
#906417 #C5891F #E1A740 #E9BF75 #F2D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#E1A740 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80
#E1A740 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A740
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1A740#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1A7401.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA932
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB744
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49792
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 78.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc07a',
    500: '#e1a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1a740;
$custom-light: #efc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.385,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1A740
secondary
#9DB5DF
accent
#7AF038
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF7EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#17120A
muted
#85817C

Preview Lab

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#E1A740 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva