#E1B155#E1B155

#E1B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B155
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 7.53, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 53.21, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0181 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.123 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4158, 48.1109, 15.3288)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B155 #5585E1

analogous

#E16B55 #E1B155 #CBE155

triadic

#E1B155 #55E1B1 #B155E1

tetradic

#E1B155 #55E16B #5585E1 #E155CB

square

#E1B155 #55E16B #5585E1 #E155CB

split-complementary

#E1B155 #55CBE1 #6B55E1

monochromatic

#9F721C #D39825 #E1B155 #EAC989 #F3E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E1B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B155

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B155	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec888',
    500: '#e1b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b155;
$custom-light: #eec888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78638,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B155

secondary

#AEC1E3

accent

#55D214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B155

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

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