#E1B156#E1B156

#E1B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B156
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 7.60, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 52.76, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0184 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.122 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4558, 48.1269, 15.5395)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B156 #5686E1

analogous

#E16B56 #E1B156 #CBE156

triadic

#E1B156 #56E1B1 #B156E1

tetradic

#E1B156 #56E16B #5686E1 #E156CB

square

#E1B156 #56E16B #5686E1 #E156CB

split-complementary

#E1B156 #56CBE1 #6B56E1

monochromatic

#A0731C #D49826 #E1B156 #EAC98A #F3E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E1B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B156

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B156	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)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec889',
    500: '#e1b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b156;
$custom-light: #eec889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78649,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B156

secondary

#AFC1E4

accent

#55D214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B156

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

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