#E1B059#E1B059

#E1B059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.119 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B059
RGB	rgb(225, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 8.33, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 51.23, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0209 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.119 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3824, 47.7827, 16.1239)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B059 #598AE1

analogous

#E16C59 #E1B059 #CEE159

triadic

#E1B059 #59E1B0 #B059E1

tetradic

#E1B059 #59E16C #598AE1 #E159CE

square

#E1B059 #59E16C #598AE1 #E159CE

split-complementary

#E1B059 #59CEE1 #6C59E1

monochromatic

#A2721D #D69727 #E1B059 #EAC98D #F4E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E1B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E1B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B059

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B059	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.119 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec78b',
    500: '#e1b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b059;
$custom-light: #eec78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78488,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B059

secondary

#B2C4E4

accent

#58D114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B059

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

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