#E1B149#E1B149

#E1B149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B149
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 6.80, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 58.37, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0144 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.132 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9789, 47.9361, 13.0276)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B149 #4979E1

analogous

#E16549 #E1B149 #C5E149

triadic

#E1B149 #49E1B1 #B149E1

tetradic

#E1B149 #49E165 #4979E1 #E149C5

square

#E1B149 #49E165 #4979E1 #E149C5

split-complementary

#E1B149 #49C5E1 #6549E1

monochromatic

#976F19 #CB9622 #E1B149 #EAC87E #F2DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#E1B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B149

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B149	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec881',
    500: '#e1b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b149;
$custom-light: #eec881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B149

secondary

#A5B8E1

accent

#73EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B149

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

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