#E1BC4E#E1BC4E
#E1BC4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BC4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 188, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 71%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.3%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.59, 1.31, 58.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.59, 58.81, 88.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.74% -0.0009 0.1335) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.74% 0.133 90.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4123, 52.5269, 14.6897) |
| Luminance | 0.5252 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.28
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.71
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.09
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.34
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BC4E #4E73E1
analogous
#E1734E #E1BC4E #BDE14E
triadic
#E1BC4E #4EE1BC #BC4EE1
tetradic
#E1BC4E #4EE173 #4E73E1 #E14EBD
square
#E1BC4E #4EE173 #4E73E1 #E14EBD
split-complementary
#E1BC4E #4EBDE1 #734EE1
monochromatic
#9A7A1A #CFA423 #E1BC4E #EAD082 #F3E4B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E1BC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.50
#E1BC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BC4E
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BC4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BC4E | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C453
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3ADA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bc4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.133 90.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eecf84',
500: '#e1bc4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bc4e; $custom-light: #eecf84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bc4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 188,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.898,
"s": 71.014,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80741,
"c": 0.13349,
"h": 90.4
},
"luminance": 0.52524
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BC4E
secondary
#35509E
accent
#67EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E