#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
RGB	rgb(225, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 10.04, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 60.76, 80.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0227 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.135 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3544, 45.1306, 11.1191)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##E1AA40	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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