#E1B53E#E1B53E

#E1B53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.141 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B53E
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 4.13, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 63.59, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0054 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.141 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4476, 49.4063, 11.5411)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B53E #3E6AE1

analogous

#E1643E #E1B53E #BBE13E

triadic

#E1B53E #3EE1B5 #B53EE1

tetradic

#E1B53E #3EE164 #3E6AE1 #E13EBB

square

#E1B53E #3EE164 #3E6AE1 #E13EBB

split-complementary

#E1B53E #3EBBE1 #643EE1

monochromatic

#8E6E16 #C3971E #E1B53E #E9C973 #F1DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E1B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#E1B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B53E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B53E	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.141 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7a',
    500: '#e1b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b53e;
$custom-light: #efca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.804,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79212,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B53E

secondary

#9CAEDF

accent

#6AF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B53E

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

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