#E1B151#E1B151

#E1B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.126 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B151
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 7.27, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 54.96, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.0168 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.126 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2614, 48.0491, 14.5155)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B151 #5181E1

analogous

#E16951 #E1B151 #C9E151

triadic

#E1B151 #51E1B1 #B151E1

tetradic

#E1B151 #51E169 #5181E1 #E151C9

square

#E1B151 #51E169 #5181E1 #E151C9

split-complementary

#E1B151 #51C9E1 #6951E1

monochromatic

#9D711B #D19724 #E1B151 #EAC885 #F3E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E1B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B151

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B151	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.126 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec885',
    500: '#e1b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b151;
$custom-light: #eec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78595,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B151

secondary

#ABBEE3

accent

#76ED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B151

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

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