#E1B451#E1B451

#E1B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B451
RGB	rgb(225, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 5.69, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 55.60, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0122 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.127 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8604, 49.2473, 14.7151)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B451 #517EE1

analogous

#E16C51 #E1B451 #C6E151

triadic

#E1B451 #51E1B4 #B451E1

tetradic

#E1B451 #51E16C #517EE1 #E151C6

square

#E1B451 #51E16C #517EE1 #E151C6

split-complementary

#E1B451 #51C6E1 #6C51E1

monochromatic

#9D741B #D19B24 #E1B451 #EACA85 #F3E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E1B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E1B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B451

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B451	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca86',
    500: '#e1b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b451;
$custom-light: #eeca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79183,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B451

secondary

#ABBDE3

accent

#72ED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B451

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

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