#E1AD40#E1AD40

#E1AD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1AD40
RGB	rgb(225, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 8.45, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 61.26, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0181 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.136 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9232, 46.2682, 11.3087)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1AD40 #4074E1

analogous

#E15D40 #E1AD40 #C5E140

triadic

#E1AD40 #40E1AD #AD40E1

tetradic

#E1AD40 #40E15D #4074E1 #E140C5

square

#E1AD40 #40E15D #4074E1 #E140C5

split-complementary

#E1AD40 #40C5E1 #5D40E1

monochromatic

#906917 #C58F1F #E1AD40 #E9C475 #F2DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E1AD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#E1AD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1AD40

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1AD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1AD40	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)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc57b',
    500: '#e1ad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ad40;
$custom-light: #efc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.621,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1AD40

secondary

#9DB3DF

accent

#73F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1AD40

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

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