#E1B650#E1B650

#E1B650 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.129 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B650
RGB	rgb(225, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 4.57, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 56.48, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0088 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.129 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2299, 50.0457, 14.6547)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B650 #507BE1

analogous

#E16E50 #E1B650 #C4E150

triadic

#E1B650 #50E1B6 #B650E1

tetradic

#E1B650 #50E16E #507BE1 #E150C4

square

#E1B650 #50E16E #507BE1 #E150C4

split-complementary

#E1B650 #50C4E1 #6E50E1

monochromatic

#9C761B #D09D24 #E1B650 #EACC84 #F3E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E1B650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E1B650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B650

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B650	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.129 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecb85',
    500: '#e1b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b650;
$custom-light: #eecb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79567,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B650

secondary

#36559F

accent

#6FED3A

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FEF9F2

border

#D6D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B650

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

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