#E1C472#E1C472

#E1C472 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.107 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C472
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -0.17, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 44.68, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0009 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.107 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8304, 56.7047, 24.0260)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C472 #728FE1

analogous

#E18D72 #E1C472 #C7E172

triadic

#E1C472 #72E1C4 #C472E1

tetradic

#E1C472 #72E18D #728FE1 #E172C7

square

#E1C472 #72E18D #728FE1 #E172C7

split-complementary

#E1C472 #72C7E1 #8D72E1

monochromatic

#B38E26 #D6AF40 #E1C472 #ECD9A4 #F6EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E1C472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C472

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C472	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.107 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd59c',
    500: '#e1c472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c472;
$custom-light: #ecd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82773,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C472

secondary

#4361B4

accent

#48CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C472

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