#E1B349#E1B349

#E1B349 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.133 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B349
RGB	rgb(225, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 5.74, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 58.78, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0113 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.133 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3768, 48.7320, 13.1602)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B349 #4977E1

analogous

#E16749 #E1B349 #C3E149

triadic

#E1B349 #49E1B3 #B349E1

tetradic

#E1B349 #49E167 #4977E1 #E149C3

square

#E1B349 #49E167 #4977E1 #E149C3

split-complementary

#E1B349 #49C3E1 #6749E1

monochromatic

#977119 #CB9822 #E1B349 #EAC97E #F2DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E1B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#E1B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B349

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B349	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)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.133 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec981',
    500: '#e1b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b349;
$custom-light: #eec981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B349

secondary

#A5B7E1

accent

#70EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B349

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

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