#E1B340#E1B340

#E1B340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B340
RGB	rgb(225, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 5.28, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 62.41, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0089 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.139 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0997, 48.6211, 11.7009)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B340 #406EE1

analogous

#E16340 #E1B340 #BFE140

triadic

#E1B340 #40E1B3 #B340E1

tetradic

#E1B340 #40E163 #406EE1 #E140BF

square

#E1B340 #40E163 #406EE1 #E140BF

split-complementary

#E1B340 #40BFE1 #6340E1

monochromatic

#906D17 #C5951F #E1B340 #E9C875 #F2DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E1B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E1B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B340

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B340	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc97b',
    500: '#e1b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b340;
$custom-light: #efc97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78832,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B340

secondary

#9DB0DF

accent

#6DF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B340

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

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