#E1B23D#E1B23D

#E1B23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.140 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B23D
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 72.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 5.67, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 63.35, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0097 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.14 86)
XYZ	xyz(47.8169, 48.1885, 11.1968)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B23D #3D6CE1

analogous

#E1603D #E1B23D #BEE13D

triadic

#E1B23D #3DE1B2 #B23DE1

tetradic

#E1B23D #3DE160 #3D6CE1 #E13DBE

square

#E1B23D #3DE160 #3D6CE1 #E13DBE

split-complementary

#E1B23D #3DBEE1 #603DE1

monochromatic

#8E6B16 #C3941E #E1B23D #E9C772 #F1DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E1B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B23D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B23D	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.140 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87a',
    500: '#e1b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b23d;
$custom-light: #efc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.805,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78612,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B23D

secondary

#9BAEDF

accent

#6DF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B23D

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

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