#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
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 5.95, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 61.02, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0112 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.136 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9877, 48.2568, 12.0961)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##E1B243	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1B243

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

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