#E1B040#E1B040

#E1B040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B040
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 6.86, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 61.81, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0135 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.137 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5050, 47.4317, 11.5027)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B040 #4071E1

analogous

#E16040 #E1B040 #C2E140

triadic

#E1B040 #40E1B0 #B040E1

tetradic

#E1B040 #40E160 #4071E1 #E140C2

square

#E1B040 #40E160 #4071E1 #E140C2

split-complementary

#E1B040 #40C2E1 #6040E1

monochromatic

#906B17 #C5921F #E1B040 #E9C675 #F2DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E1B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E1B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B040

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B040	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc77b',
    500: '#e1b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b040;
$custom-light: #efc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78242,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B040

secondary

#9DB2DF

accent

#70F038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B040

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

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