#E1B949#E1B949

#E1B949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B949
RGB	rgb(225, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 2.59, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 60.14, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.0022 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.135 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6056, 51.1895, 13.5698)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B949 #4971E1

analogous

#E16D49 #E1B949 #BDE149

triadic

#E1B949 #49E1B9 #B949E1

tetradic

#E1B949 #49E16D #4971E1 #E149BD

square

#E1B949 #49E16D #4971E1 #E149BD

split-complementary

#E1B949 #49BDE1 #6D49E1

monochromatic

#977619 #CB9F22 #E1B949 #EACD7E #F2E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E1B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#E1B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B949

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B949	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecd81',
    500: '#e1b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b949;
$custom-light: #eecd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B949

secondary

#334F9B

accent

#69EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B949

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

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