#E1A840#E1A840

#E1A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.135 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A840
RGB	rgb(225, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 11.11, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 60.46, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0258 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.135 79)
XYZ	xyz(45.9824, 44.3865, 10.9951)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A840 #4079E1

analogous

#E15840 #E1A840 #CAE140

triadic

#E1A840 #40E1A8 #A840E1

tetradic

#E1A840 #40E158 #4079E1 #E140CA

square

#E1A840 #40E158 #4079E1 #E140CA

split-complementary

#E1A840 #40CAE1 #5840E1

monochromatic

#906517 #C58A1F #E1A840 #E9C075 #F2D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E1A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#E1A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A840

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A840	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.135 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc17b',
    500: '#e1a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a840;
$custom-light: #efc17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.758,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7669,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.44383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A840

secondary

#9DB5DF

accent

#79F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A840

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

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