#E1B262#E1B262

#E1B262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.112 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B262
RGB	rgb(225, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 7.94, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 47.54, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0209 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.112 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1788, 48.7332, 18.3691)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B262 #6291E1

analogous

#E17262 #E1B262 #D0E162

triadic

#E1B262 #62E1B2 #B262E1

tetradic

#E1B262 #62E172 #6291E1 #E162D0

square

#E1B262 #62E172 #6291E1 #E162D0

split-complementary

#E1B262 #62D0E1 #7262E1

monochromatic

#A87620 #D7992F #E1B262 #EBCB95 #F5E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E1B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#E1B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B262

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B262	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.112 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc891',
    500: '#e1b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b262;
$custom-light: #edc891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7899,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B262

secondary

#B9CAE6

accent

#5BD016

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B262

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

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