#E1B951#E1B951

#E1B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B951
RGB	rgb(225, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 3.06, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 56.76, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0046 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.13 88)
XYZ	xyz(49.8881, 51.3025, 15.0577)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B951 #5179E1

analogous

#E17151 #E1B951 #C1E151

triadic

#E1B951 #51E1B9 #B951E1

tetradic

#E1B951 #51E171 #5179E1 #E151C1

square

#E1B951 #51E171 #5179E1 #E151C1

split-complementary

#E1B951 #51C1E1 #7151E1

monochromatic

#9D791B #D1A124 #E1B951 #EACE85 #F3E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E1B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#E1B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B951

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B951	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecd86',
    500: '#e1b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b951;
$custom-light: #eecd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B951

secondary

#3654A0

accent

#6CED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B951

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

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