#E1B244#E1B244

#E1B244 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B244
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 6.01, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 60.62, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0115 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.136 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0179, 48.2689, 12.2554)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B244 #4473E1

analogous

#E16344 #E1B244 #C2E144

triadic

#E1B244 #44E1B2 #B244E1

tetradic

#E1B244 #44E163 #4473E1 #E144C2

square

#E1B244 #44E163 #4473E1 #E144C2

split-complementary

#E1B244 #44C2E1 #6344E1

monochromatic

#936E18 #C89620 #E1B244 #E9C879 #F2DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#E1B244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B244

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B244	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)

#C7B136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87e',
    500: '#e1b244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b244;
$custom-light: #efc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B244

secondary

#A1B4E0

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B244

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