#E1B855#E1B855

#E1B855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B855
RGB	rgb(225, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 3.84, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 54.77, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0073 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.126 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8341, 50.9474, 15.8016)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B855 #557EE1

analogous

#E17255 #E1B855 #C4E155

triadic

#E1B855 #55E1B8 #B855E1

tetradic

#E1B855 #55E172 #557EE1 #E155C4

square

#E1B855 #55E172 #557EE1 #E155C4

split-complementary

#E1B855 #55C4E1 #7255E1

monochromatic

#9F791C #D3A025 #E1B855 #EACE89 #F3E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E1B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#E1B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B855

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B855	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecd88',
    500: '#e1b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b855;
$custom-light: #eecd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80015,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B855

secondary

#3857A3

accent

#4BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B855

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

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