#E1B448#E1B448

#E1B448 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B448
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 5.16, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 59.41, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0095 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.134 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5450, 49.1211, 13.0541)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B448 #4875E1

analogous

#E16748 #E1B448 #C1E148

triadic

#E1B448 #48E1B4 #B448E1

tetradic

#E1B448 #48E167 #4875E1 #E148C1

square

#E1B448 #48E167 #4875E1 #E148C1

split-complementary

#E1B448 #48C1E1 #6748E1

monochromatic

#967119 #CB9921 #E1B448 #EACA7D #F2DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E1B448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B448

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B448	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca80',
    500: '#e1b448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b448;
$custom-light: #eeca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B448

secondary

#A4B6E1

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B448

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

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