#E1B261#E1B261

#E1B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.113 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B261
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 7.86, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 48.00, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0206 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.113 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1318, 48.7145, 18.1220)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B261 #6190E1

analogous

#E17261 #E1B261 #D0E161

triadic

#E1B261 #61E1B2 #B261E1

tetradic

#E1B261 #61E172 #6190E1 #E161D0

square

#E1B261 #61E172 #6190E1 #E161D0

split-complementary

#E1B261 #61D0E1 #7261E1

monochromatic

#A87620 #D7992E #E1B261 #EBCB94 #F5E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E1B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E1B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B261

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B261	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.113 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc890',
    500: '#e1b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b261;
$custom-light: #edc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78977,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B261

secondary

#B8C9E6

accent

#5AD015

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B261

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

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