#E1B232#E1B232

#E1B232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B232
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 77.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, 5.22, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 67.28, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0072 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.146 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5504, 48.0819, 9.7933)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B232 #3261E1

analogous

#E15B32 #E1B232 #B8E132

triadic

#E1B232 #32E1B2 #B232E1

tetradic

#E1B232 #32E15B #3261E1 #E132B8

square

#E1B232 #32E15B #3261E1 #E132B8

split-complementary

#E1B232 #32B8E1 #5B32E1

monochromatic

#856713 #BB901B #E1B232 #E9C667 #F1DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E1B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E1B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B232

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B232	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)

#C8B118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc874',
    500: '#e1b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b232;
$custom-light: #efc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.886,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B232

secondary

#92A6DD

accent

#69F137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B232

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

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