#E1B656#E1B656

#E1B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B656
RGB	rgb(225, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 4.96, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 53.85, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0107 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.124 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4615, 50.1384, 15.8748)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B656 #5681E1

analogous

#E17056 #E1B656 #C6E156

triadic

#E1B656 #56E1B6 #B656E1

tetradic

#E1B656 #56E170 #5681E1 #E156C6

square

#E1B656 #56E170 #5681E1 #E156C6

split-complementary

#E1B656 #56C6E1 #7056E1

monochromatic

#A0771C #D49E26 #E1B656 #EACC8A #F3E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E1B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E1B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B656

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B656	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecb89',
    500: '#e1b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b656;
$custom-light: #eecb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7963,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B656

secondary

#3859A3

accent

#4ED214

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F4

border

#D6D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B656

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

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