#E1B549#E1B549

#E1B549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.133 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B549
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 4.69, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 59.22, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.0083 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.133 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7805, 49.5395, 13.2948)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B549 #4975E1

analogous

#E16949 #E1B549 #C1E149

triadic

#E1B549 #49E1B5 #B549E1

tetradic

#E1B549 #49E169 #4975E1 #E149C1

square

#E1B549 #49E169 #4975E1 #E149C1

split-complementary

#E1B549 #49C1E1 #6949E1

monochromatic

#977219 #CB9A22 #E1B549 #EACA7E #F2E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E1B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#E1B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B549

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B549	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.133 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca81',
    500: '#e1b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b549;
$custom-light: #eeca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79303,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B549

secondary

#A5B6E1

accent

#6EEE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B549

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

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