#E1B841#E1B841

#E1B841 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B841
RGB	rgb(225, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 2.70, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 63.11, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0016 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.14 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1487, 50.6733, 12.1922)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B841 #416AE1

analogous

#E16841 #E1B841 #BAE141

triadic

#E1B841 #41E1B8 #B841E1

tetradic

#E1B841 #41E168 #416AE1 #E141BA

square

#E1B841 #41E168 #416AE1 #E141BA

split-complementary

#E1B841 #41BAE1 #6841E1

monochromatic

#917217 #C69B1F #E1B841 #E9CC76 #F2E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E1B841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E1B841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B841

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B841	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd7c',
    500: '#e1b841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b841;
$custom-light: #efcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B841

secondary

#314B96

accent

#67EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B841

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

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