#E1B43E#E1B43E

#E1B43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B43E
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 4.66, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 63.38, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0069 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.14 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2450, 49.0011, 11.4736)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B43E #3E6BE1

analogous

#E1633E #E1B43E #BCE13E

triadic

#E1B43E #3EE1B4 #B43EE1

tetradic

#E1B43E #3EE163 #3E6BE1 #E13EBC

square

#E1B43E #3EE163 #3E6BE1 #E13EBC

split-complementary

#E1B43E #3EBCE1 #633EE1

monochromatic

#8E6D16 #C3961E #E1B43E #E9C973 #F1DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E1B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B43E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B43E	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)

#C9B32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7a',
    500: '#e1b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b43e;
$custom-light: #efca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.436,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79014,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B43E

secondary

#9CAEDF

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B43E

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

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