#E1B43F#E1B43F

#E1B43F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B43F
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, 4.71, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 63.00, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0071 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.14 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2726, 49.0121, 11.6194)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B43F #3F6CE1

analogous

#E1633F #E1B43F #BDE13F

triadic

#E1B43F #3FE1B4 #B43FE1

tetradic

#E1B43F #3FE163 #3F6CE1 #E13FBD

square

#E1B43F #3FE163 #3F6CE1 #E13FBD

split-complementary

#E1B43F #3FBDE1 #633FE1

monochromatic

#8F6E16 #C4961F #E1B43F #E9C974 #F2DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E1B43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B43F

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B43F	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)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7b',
    500: '#e1b43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b43f;
$custom-light: #efca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B43F

secondary

#9DAFDF

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B43F

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

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