#E1B159#E1B159

#E1B159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B159
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 7.80, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 51.43, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0194 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.12 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5792, 48.1762, 16.1895)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B159 #5989E1

analogous

#E16D59 #E1B159 #CDE159

triadic

#E1B159 #59E1B1 #B159E1

tetradic

#E1B159 #59E16D #5989E1 #E159CD

square

#E1B159 #59E16D #5989E1 #E159CD

split-complementary

#E1B159 #59CDE1 #6D59E1

monochromatic

#A2731D #D69827 #E1B159 #EAC98D #F4E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E1B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B159

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B159	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec88b',
    500: '#e1b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b159;
$custom-light: #eec88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78683,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B159

secondary

#B2C3E4

accent

#57D114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B159

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

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