#E1AC40#E1AC40

#E1AC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AC40
RGB	rgb(225, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 8.98, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 61.09, 81.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0196 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.136 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7322, 45.8862, 11.2451)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AC40 #4075E1

analogous

#E15B40 #E1AC40 #C6E140

triadic

#E1AC40 #40E1AC #AC40E1

tetradic

#E1AC40 #40E15B #4075E1 #E140C6

square

#E1AC40 #40E15B #4075E1 #E140C6

split-complementary

#E1AC40 #40C6E1 #5B40E1

monochromatic

#906817 #C58E1F #E1AC40 #E9C375 #F2DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E1AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E1AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AC40

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AC40	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc47b',
    500: '#e1ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ac40;
$custom-light: #efc47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.248,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77462,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AC40

secondary

#9DB3DF

accent

#75F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AC40

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

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