#E1B43D#E1B43D

#E1B43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B43D
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 4.61, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 63.76, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0066 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.141 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2178, 48.9902, 11.3304)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B43D #3D6AE1

analogous

#E1623D #E1B43D #BCE13D

triadic

#E1B43D #3DE1B4 #B43DE1

tetradic

#E1B43D #3DE162 #3D6AE1 #E13DBC

square

#E1B43D #3DE162 #3D6AE1 #E13DBC

split-complementary

#E1B43D #3DBCE1 #623DE1

monochromatic

#8E6D16 #C3961E #E1B43D #E9C872 #F1DDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E1B43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B43D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B43D	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7a',
    500: '#e1b43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b43d;
$custom-light: #efca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.537,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79006,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B43D

secondary

#9BAEDF

accent

#6AF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B43D

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

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