#E1B252#E1B252

#E1B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B252
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 6.81, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 54.73, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0156 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.126 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4974, 48.4607, 14.7805)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B252 #5281E1

analogous

#E16B52 #E1B252 #C8E152

triadic

#E1B252 #52E1B2 #B252E1

tetradic

#E1B252 #52E16B #5281E1 #E152C8

square

#E1B252 #52E16B #5281E1 #E152C8

split-complementary

#E1B252 #52C8E1 #6B52E1

monochromatic

#9D731B #D19924 #E1B252 #EAC986 #F3E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E1B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E1B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B252

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B252	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec886',
    500: '#e1b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b252;
$custom-light: #eec886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78801,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B252

secondary

#ACBEE3

accent

#52D213

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B252

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

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