#E1AD3E#E1AD3E

#E1AD3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AD3E
RGB	rgb(225, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 8.36, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 62.04, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0176 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.138 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8674, 46.2459, 11.0144)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AD3E #3E72E1

analogous

#E15C3E #E1AD3E #C4E13E

triadic

#E1AD3E #3EE1AD #AD3EE1

tetradic

#E1AD3E #3EE15C #3E72E1 #E13EC4

square

#E1AD3E #3EE15C #3E72E1 #E13EC4

split-complementary

#E1AD3E #3EC4E1 #5C3EE1

monochromatic

#8E6816 #C38F1E #E1AD3E #E9C473 #F1DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E1AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#E1AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AD3E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AD3E	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57a',
    500: '#e1ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ad3e;
$custom-light: #efc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.859,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77641,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AD3E

secondary

#9CB1DF

accent

#73F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AD3E

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

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