#E1B751#E1B751

#E1B751 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B751
RGB	rgb(225, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 4.11, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 56.28, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0076 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.129 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4726, 50.4716, 14.9192)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B751 #517BE1

analogous

#E16F51 #E1B751 #C3E151

triadic

#E1B751 #51E1B7 #B751E1

tetradic

#E1B751 #51E16F #517BE1 #E151C3

square

#E1B751 #51E16F #517BE1 #E151C3

split-complementary

#E1B751 #51C3E1 #6F51E1

monochromatic

#9D771B #D19E24 #E1B751 #EACD85 #F3E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E1B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E1B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B751

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B751	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecc86',
    500: '#e1b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b751;
$custom-light: #eecc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B751

secondary

#3655A0

accent

#6FED3A

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FEF9F2

border

#D6D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B751

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

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