#E1B042#E1B042

#E1B042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B042
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 6.96, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 61.02, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.014 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.136 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5629, 47.4548, 11.8078)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B042 #4273E1

analogous

#E16042 #E1B042 #C3E142

triadic

#E1B042 #42E1B0 #B042E1

tetradic

#E1B042 #42E160 #4273E1 #E142C3

square

#E1B042 #42E160 #4273E1 #E142C3

split-complementary

#E1B042 #42C3E1 #6042E1

monochromatic

#926C17 #C6931F #E1B042 #E9C677 #F2DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E1B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E1B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B042

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B042	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)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc77c',
    500: '#e1b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b042;
$custom-light: #efc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78259,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B042

secondary

#9FB3E0

accent

#71EF38

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B042

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

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