#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
RGB	rgb(225, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 11.64, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 60.31, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0273 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.135 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7985, 44.0187, 10.9338)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##E1A740	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1A740

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

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