#E1B03E#E1B03E

#E1B03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B03E
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 6.77, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 62.58, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.013 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.139 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4491, 47.4093, 11.2083)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B03E #3E6FE1

analogous

#E15F3E #E1B03E #C1E13E

triadic

#E1B03E #3EE1B0 #B03EE1

tetradic

#E1B03E #3EE15F #3E6FE1 #E13EC1

square

#E1B03E #3EE15F #3E6FE1 #E13EC1

split-complementary

#E1B03E #3EC1E1 #5F3EE1

monochromatic

#8E6A16 #C3921E #E1B03E #E9C673 #F1DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E1B03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E1B03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B03E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B03E	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc77a',
    500: '#e1b03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b03e;
$custom-light: #efc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B03E

secondary

#9CB0DF

accent

#6FF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B03E

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

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