#E1B651#E1B651

#E1B651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B651
RGB	rgb(225, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 4.63, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 56.05, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0091 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.128 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2671, 50.0606, 14.8507)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B651 #517CE1

analogous

#E16E51 #E1B651 #C4E151

triadic

#E1B651 #51E1B6 #B651E1

tetradic

#E1B651 #51E16E #517CE1 #E151C4

square

#E1B651 #51E16E #517CE1 #E151C4

split-complementary

#E1B651 #51C4E1 #6E51E1

monochromatic

#9D761B #D19D24 #E1B651 #EACC85 #F3E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E1B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E1B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B651

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B651	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)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecb86',
    500: '#e1b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b651;
$custom-light: #eecb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B651

secondary

#3656A0

accent

#70ED3A

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FEF9F2

border

#D6D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B651

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

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