#E1B259#E1B259

#E1B259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.120 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B259
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 7.27, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 51.63, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0178 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.12 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7775, 48.5727, 16.2556)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B259 #5988E1

analogous

#E16E59 #E1B259 #CCE159

triadic

#E1B259 #59E1B2 #B259E1

tetradic

#E1B259 #59E16E #5988E1 #E159CC

square

#E1B259 #59E16E #5988E1 #E159CC

split-complementary

#E1B259 #59CCE1 #6E59E1

monochromatic

#A2741D #D69927 #E1B259 #EACA8D #F4E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E1B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E1B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B259

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B259	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)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.120 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec88b',
    500: '#e1b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b259;
$custom-light: #eec88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78878,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B259

secondary

#B2C3E4

accent

#56D114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B259

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

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