#E1AA40#E1AA40

#E1AA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1AA40
RGBrgb(225, 170, 64)
HSLhsl(40, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(40, 72%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.98, 10.04, 59.93)
CIE-LCHlch(72.98, 60.76, 80.49°)
OKLaboklab(77.08% 0.0227 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(77.08% 0.135 80.3)
XYZxyz(46.3544, 45.1306, 11.1191)
Luminance0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1AA40 #4077E1
analogous
#E15A40 #E1AA40 #C8E140
triadic
#E1AA40 #40E1AA #AA40E1
tetradic
#E1AA40 #40E15A #4077E1 #E140C8
square
#E1AA40 #40E15A #4077E1 #E140C8
split-complementary
#E1AA40 #40C8E1 #5A40E1
monochromatic
#906717 #C58C1F #E1AA40 #E9C275 #F2D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#E1AA40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03
#E1AA40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AA40
10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1AA40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1AA401.002.0910.0310.03
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0321.001.001.00
##00000010.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AB32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB944
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49A94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 80.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc37b',
    500: '#e1aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1aa40;
$custom-light: #efc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1AA40
secondary
#9DB4DF
accent
#77F038
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF7EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#17120A
muted
#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AA40

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#E1AA40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva