#E1BC51#E1BC51
#E1BC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.131 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BC51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 188, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 71%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 64%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 64%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.62, 1.49, 57.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.62, 57.53, 88.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.77% 0 0.1312) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.77% 0.131 90) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.5223, 52.5710, 15.2691) |
| Luminance | 0.5257 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.58
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.05
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.21
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.53
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.69
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BC51 #5176E1
analogous
#E17451 #E1BC51 #BEE151
triadic
#E1BC51 #51E1BC #BC51E1
tetradic
#E1BC51 #51E174 #5176E1 #E151BE
square
#E1BC51 #51E174 #5176E1 #E151BE
split-complementary
#E1BC51 #51BEE1 #7451E1
monochromatic
#9D7B1B #D1A424 #E1BC51 #EAD085 #F3E4B9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E1BC51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.51
#E1BC51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BC51
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BC51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BC51 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.51 | 11.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFBA45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C456
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bc51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.131 90.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eecf86',
500: '#e1bc51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bc51; $custom-light: #eecf86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bc51",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 188,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.583,
"s": 70.588,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8077,
"c": 0.13121,
"h": 90
},
"luminance": 0.52568
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BC51
secondary
#3651A0
accent
#68ED3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E