#E1B140#E1B140

#E1B140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.138 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B140
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 6.33, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 62.00, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.012 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.138 85)
XYZ	xyz(47.7018, 47.8253, 11.5683)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B140 #4070E1

analogous

#E16140 #E1B140 #C1E140

triadic

#E1B140 #40E1B1 #B140E1

tetradic

#E1B140 #40E161 #4070E1 #E140C1

square

#E1B140 #40E161 #4070E1 #E140C1

split-complementary

#E1B140 #40C1E1 #6140E1

monochromatic

#906C17 #C5931F #E1B140 #E9C775 #F2DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E1B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E1B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B140

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B140	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)

#C6B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.138 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87b',
    500: '#e1b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b140;
$custom-light: #efc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.112,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.47822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B140

secondary

#9DB1DF

accent

#6FF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B140

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

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