#E1B243#E1B243

#E1B243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1B243
RGBrgb(225, 178, 67)
HSLhsl(42, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(42, 70%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.99, 5.95, 60.73)
CIE-LCHlch(74.99, 61.02, 84.40°)
OKLaboklab(78.66% 0.0112 0.1358)
OKLCHoklch(78.66% 0.136 85.3)
XYZxyz(47.9877, 48.2568, 12.0961)
Luminance0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1B243 #4372E1
analogous
#E16343 #E1B243 #C1E143
triadic
#E1B243 #43E1B2 #B243E1
tetradic
#E1B243 #43E163 #4372E1 #E143C1
square
#E1B243 #43E163 #4372E1 #E143C1
split-complementary
#E1B243 #43C1E1 #6343E1
monochromatic
#926E17 #C79520 #E1B243 #E9C878 #F2DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#E1B243 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65
#E1B243 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B243
10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1B243#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1B2431.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B134
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4A29B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 85.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87d',
    500: '#e1b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1b243;
$custom-light: #efc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78659,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1B243
secondary
#A0B3E0
accent
#6FEF39
background
#FFFCF7
surface
#FFF8EE
border
#D7D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C

Preview Lab

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#E1B243 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva