#E1B449#E1B449

#E1B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.133 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B449
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 5.22, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 59.00, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0098 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.133 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5779, 49.1342, 13.2273)
Luminance	0.4913 (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

#E1B449 #4976E1

analogous

#E16849 #E1B449 #C2E149

triadic

#E1B449 #49E1B4 #B449E1

tetradic

#E1B449 #49E168 #4976E1 #E149C2

square

#E1B449 #49E168 #4976E1 #E149C2

split-complementary

#E1B449 #49C2E1 #6849E1

monochromatic

#977119 #CB9922 #E1B449 #EACA7E #F2DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E1B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B449

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B449	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.133 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca81',
    500: '#e1b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b449;
$custom-light: #eeca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B449

secondary

#A5B7E1

accent

#6FEE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B449

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

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