#E1B161#E1B161

#E1B161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.113 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B161
RGB	rgb(225, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 8.39, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 47.80, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0221 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.113 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9336, 48.3180, 18.0559)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B161 #6191E1

analogous

#E17161 #E1B161 #D1E161

triadic

#E1B161 #61E1B1 #B161E1

tetradic

#E1B161 #61E171 #6191E1 #E161D1

square

#E1B161 #61E171 #6191E1 #E161D1

split-complementary

#E1B161 #61D1E1 #7161E1

monochromatic

#A87520 #D7982E #E1B161 #EBCA94 #F5E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E1B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B161

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B161	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)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.113 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc890',
    500: '#e1b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b161;
$custom-light: #edc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B161

secondary

#B8C9E6

accent

#5BD015

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B161

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

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