#E1A940#E1A940

#E1A940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A940
RGB	rgb(225, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 10.58, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 60.61, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0242 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.135 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1677, 44.7571, 11.0569)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A940 #4078E1

analogous

#E15840 #E1A940 #C9E140

triadic

#E1A940 #40E1A9 #A940E1

tetradic

#E1A940 #40E158 #4078E1 #E140C9

square

#E1A940 #40E158 #4078E1 #E140C9

split-complementary

#E1A940 #40C9E1 #5840E1

monochromatic

#906617 #C58B1F #E1A940 #E9C175 #F2D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E1A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E1A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A940

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A940	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc27b',
    500: '#e1a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a940;
$custom-light: #efc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76882,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A940

secondary

#9DB4DF

accent

#78F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A940

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

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