#E1B555#E1B555

#E1B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B555
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 5.42, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 54.07, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% 0.0119 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.124 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2175, 49.7142, 15.5960)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B555 #5581E1

analogous

#E16F55 #E1B555 #C7E155

triadic

#E1B555 #55E1B5 #B555E1

tetradic

#E1B555 #55E16F #5581E1 #E155C7

square

#E1B555 #55E16F #5581E1 #E155C7

split-complementary

#E1B555 #55C7E1 #6F55E1

monochromatic

#9F761C #D39D25 #E1B555 #EACC89 #F3E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E1B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E1B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B555

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B555	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca88',
    500: '#e1b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b555;
$custom-light: #eeca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79422,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B555

secondary

#AEBFE3

accent

#4FD214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B555

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

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