#E1B246#E1B246

#E1B246 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.134 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B246
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 6.11, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 59.81, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.012 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.134 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0800, 48.2937, 12.5824)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B246 #4675E1

analogous

#E16446 #E1B246 #C3E146

triadic

#E1B246 #46E1B2 #B246E1

tetradic

#E1B246 #46E164 #4675E1 #E146C3

square

#E1B246 #46E164 #4675E1 #E146C3

split-complementary

#E1B246 #46C3E1 #6446E1

monochromatic

#956F18 #C99621 #E1B246 #EAC87B #F2DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E1B246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B246

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B246	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.134 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87f',
    500: '#e1b246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b246;
$custom-light: #efc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78685,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B246

secondary

#A2B5E0

accent

#70EF39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B246

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

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