#E1B440#E1B440

#E1B440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.139 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B440
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 4.75, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 62.61, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0074 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.139 87)
XYZ	xyz(48.3008, 49.0234, 11.7679)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B440 #406DE1

analogous

#E16440 #E1B440 #BEE140

triadic

#E1B440 #40E1B4 #B440E1

tetradic

#E1B440 #40E164 #406DE1 #E140BE

square

#E1B440 #40E164 #406DE1 #E140BE

split-complementary

#E1B440 #40BEE1 #6440E1

monochromatic

#906E17 #C5961F #E1B440 #E9C975 #F2DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E1B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B440

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B440	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)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7c',
    500: '#e1b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b440;
$custom-light: #efca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79029,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B440

secondary

#9DB0DF

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B440

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

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