#E1B552#E1B552

#E1B552 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B552
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 5.22, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 55.38, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.011 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.127 85)
XYZ	xyz(49.1008, 49.6676, 14.9816)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B552 #527EE1

analogous

#E16D52 #E1B552 #C6E152

triadic

#E1B552 #52E1B5 #B552E1

tetradic

#E1B552 #52E16D #527EE1 #E152C6

square

#E1B552 #52E16D #527EE1 #E152C6

split-complementary

#E1B552 #52C6E1 #6D52E1

monochromatic

#9D751B #D19C24 #E1B552 #EACB86 #F3E2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E1B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E1B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B552

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B552	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)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca86',
    500: '#e1b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b552;
$custom-light: #eeca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.49664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B552

secondary

#ACBDE3

accent

#4ED213

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B552

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

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