#E1AA49#E1AA49

#E1AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.130 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AA49
RGB	rgb(225, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 10.51, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 57.11, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0252 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.13 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6315, 45.2414, 12.5785)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AA49 #4980E1

analogous

#E15E49 #E1AA49 #CCE149

triadic

#E1AA49 #49E1AA #AA49E1

tetradic

#E1AA49 #49E15E #4980E1 #E149CC

square

#E1AA49 #49E15E #4980E1 #E149CC

split-complementary

#E1AA49 #49CCE1 #5E49E1

monochromatic

#976919 #CB8E22 #E1AA49 #EAC37E #F2DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E1AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E1AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AA49

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AA49	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.130 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc380',
    500: '#e1aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1aa49;
$custom-light: #efc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AA49

secondary

#A5BBE1

accent

#7BEE39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AA49

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

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