#E1B157#E1B157

#E1B157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.121 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B157
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 7.66, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 52.32, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0187 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.121 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4964, 48.1431, 15.7532)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B157 #5787E1

analogous

#E16C57 #E1B157 #CCE157

triadic

#E1B157 #57E1B1 #B157E1

tetradic

#E1B157 #57E16C #5787E1 #E157CC

square

#E1B157 #57E16C #5787E1 #E157CC

split-complementary

#E1B157 #57CCE1 #6C57E1

monochromatic

#A1731D #D59826 #E1B157 #EAC98B #F4E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E1B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B157

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B157	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.121 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec889',
    500: '#e1b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b157;
$custom-light: #eec889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B157

secondary

#B0C2E4

accent

#56D214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B157

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

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