#E1BD57#E1BD57
#E1BD57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.127 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BD57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 189, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 70%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 61%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.3%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.93, 1.35, 55.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.93, 55.17, 88.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.03% 0.0004 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.03% 0.127 89.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.9717, 53.0937, 16.5783) |
| Luminance | 0.5309 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.25
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.93
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.27
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.72
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.72
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 6.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BD57 #577BE1
analogous
#E17857 #E1BD57 #C0E157
triadic
#E1BD57 #57E1BD #BD57E1
tetradic
#E1BD57 #57E178 #577BE1 #E157C0
square
#E1BD57 #57E178 #577BE1 #E157C0
split-complementary
#E1BD57 #57C0E1 #7857E1
monochromatic
#A17E1D #D5A726 #E1BD57 #EAD18B #F4E6BF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E1BD57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.62
#E1BD57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BD57
11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BD57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BD57 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.62 | 11.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BB4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C55B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2AFA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bd57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.127 89.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed08a',
500: '#e1bd57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bd57; $custom-light: #eed08a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bd57",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 189,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.348,
"s": 69.697,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81032,
"c": 0.12702,
"h": 89.8
},
"luminance": 0.53091
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BD57
secondary
#3854A4
accent
#45D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F