#E1B249#E1B249

#E1B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.132 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B249
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 6.27, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 58.57, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0129 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.132 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1771, 48.3326, 13.0937)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B249 #4978E1

analogous

#E16649 #E1B249 #C4E149

triadic

#E1B249 #49E1B2 #B249E1

tetradic

#E1B249 #49E166 #4978E1 #E149C4

square

#E1B249 #49E166 #4978E1 #E149C4

split-complementary

#E1B249 #49C4E1 #6649E1

monochromatic

#977019 #CB9722 #E1B249 #EAC87E #F2DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E1B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E1B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B249

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B249	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.132 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec881',
    500: '#e1b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b249;
$custom-light: #eec881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78712,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B249

secondary

#A5B7E1

accent

#71EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B249

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