#E1B050#E1B050

#E1B050 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.126 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B050
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 7.74, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 55.20, 81.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.018 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.126 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0273, 47.6406, 14.2538)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B050 #5081E1

analogous

#E16750 #E1B050 #CAE150

triadic

#E1B050 #50E1B0 #B050E1

tetradic

#E1B050 #50E167 #5081E1 #E150CA

square

#E1B050 #50E167 #5081E1 #E150CA

split-complementary

#E1B050 #50CAE1 #6750E1

monochromatic

#9C701B #D09624 #E1B050 #EAC884 #F3DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E1B050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E1B050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B050

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B050	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.126 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec785',
    500: '#e1b050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b050;
$custom-light: #eec785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B050

secondary

#AABDE2

accent

#77ED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B050

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

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