#E1B258#E1B258

#E1B258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B258
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 7.20, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 52.08, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0175 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.121 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7358, 48.5560, 16.0359)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B258 #5887E1

analogous

#E16E58 #E1B258 #CCE158

triadic

#E1B258 #58E1B2 #B258E1

tetradic

#E1B258 #58E16E #5887E1 #E158CC

square

#E1B258 #58E16E #5887E1 #E158CC

split-complementary

#E1B258 #58CCE1 #6E58E1

monochromatic

#A2741D #D59926 #E1B258 #EACA8C #F4E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E1B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E1B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B258

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B258	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec88a',
    500: '#e1b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b258;
$custom-light: #eec88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78867,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B258

secondary

#B1C2E4

accent

#55D214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B258

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

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