#E1B556#E1B556

#E1B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B556
RGB	rgb(225, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 5.48, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 53.62, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0122 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.124 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2575, 49.7302, 15.8068)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B556 #5682E1

analogous

#E16F56 #E1B556 #C7E156

triadic

#E1B556 #56E1B5 #B556E1

tetradic

#E1B556 #56E16F #5682E1 #E156C7

square

#E1B556 #56E16F #5682E1 #E156C7

split-complementary

#E1B556 #56C7E1 #6F56E1

monochromatic

#A0761C #D49D26 #E1B556 #EACC8A #F3E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E1B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E1B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B556

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B556	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca89',
    500: '#e1b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b556;
$custom-light: #eeca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79433,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B556

secondary

#AFC0E4

accent

#50D214

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B556

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

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