#E1B051#E1B051

#E1B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.126 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B051
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 7.80, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 54.76, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% 0.0183 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.126 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0646, 47.6555, 14.4499)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B051 #5182E1

analogous

#E16851 #E1B051 #CAE151

triadic

#E1B051 #51E1B0 #B051E1

tetradic

#E1B051 #51E168 #5182E1 #E151CA

square

#E1B051 #51E168 #5182E1 #E151CA

split-complementary

#E1B051 #51CAE1 #6851E1

monochromatic

#9D701B #D19624 #E1B051 #EAC885 #F3DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E1B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E1B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B051

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B051	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)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.126 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec785',
    500: '#e1b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b051;
$custom-light: #eec785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B051

secondary

#ABBEE3

accent

#77ED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B051

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

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