#E1B550#E1B550

#E1B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B550
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, 5.10, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 56.25, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0104 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.128 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0258, 49.6376, 14.5866)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B550 #507CE1

analogous

#E16C50 #E1B550 #C5E150

triadic

#E1B550 #50E1B5 #B550E1

tetradic

#E1B550 #50E16C #507CE1 #E150C5

square

#E1B550 #50E16C #507CE1 #E150C5

split-complementary

#E1B550 #50C5E1 #6C50E1

monochromatic

#9C751B #D09C24 #E1B550 #EACB84 #F3E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E1B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E1B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B550

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B550	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca85',
    500: '#e1b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b550;
$custom-light: #eeca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B550

secondary

#AABBE2

accent

#71ED3A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B550

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

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