#E1B160#E1B160

#E1B160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B160
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 8.31, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 48.26, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0218 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.114 79)
XYZ	xyz(48.8873, 48.2995, 17.8119)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B160 #6090E1

analogous

#E17060 #E1B160 #D1E160

triadic

#E1B160 #60E1B1 #B160E1

tetradic

#E1B160 #60E170 #6090E1 #E160D1

square

#E1B160 #60E170 #6090E1 #E160D1

split-complementary

#E1B160 #60D1E1 #7060E1

monochromatic

#A77520 #D7982D #E1B160 #EBCA93 #F4E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E1B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B160

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B160	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc88f',
    500: '#e1b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b160;
$custom-light: #edc88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.48296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B160

secondary

#B7C8E6

accent

#5BD015

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B160

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

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