#E1A949#E1A949

#E1A949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.129 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A949
RGB	rgb(225, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 11.04, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 56.95, 78.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0268 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.129 78)
XYZ	xyz(46.4448, 44.8680, 12.5162)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A949 #4981E1

analogous

#E15D49 #E1A949 #CDE149

triadic

#E1A949 #49E1A9 #A949E1

tetradic

#E1A949 #49E15D #4981E1 #E149CD

square

#E1A949 #49E15D #4981E1 #E149CD

split-complementary

#E1A949 #49CDE1 #5D49E1

monochromatic

#976819 #CB8D22 #E1A949 #EAC27E #F2DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E1A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#E1A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A949

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A949	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.129 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc280',
    500: '#e1a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a949;
$custom-light: #efc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76963,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A949

secondary

#A5BBE1

accent

#7CEE39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A949

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

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