#E1B240#E1B240

#E1B240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B240
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 5.81, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 62.20, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0104 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.138 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9000, 48.2217, 11.6343)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B240 #406FE1

analogous

#E16140 #E1B240 #C0E140

triadic

#E1B240 #40E1B2 #B240E1

tetradic

#E1B240 #40E161 #406FE1 #E140C0

square

#E1B240 #40E161 #406FE1 #E140C0

split-complementary

#E1B240 #40C0E1 #6140E1

monochromatic

#906D17 #C5941F #E1B240 #E9C775 #F2DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E1B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B240

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B240	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)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87b',
    500: '#e1b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b240;
$custom-light: #efc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.484,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B240

secondary

#9DB1DF

accent

#6EF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B240

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

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