What color is #E1B67C?

#E1B67C is a light, moderate orange known as Honey Gold. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Honey Gold?

The RGB value is 225, 182, 124: 225 red, 182 green and 124 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Honey Gold?

The complementary color is #7CA7E1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E1B67C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.18:1 and white text 1.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Honey Gold color: hex code #E1B67C

#E1B67C rgb(225, 182, 124)

Shades of orange

Honey Gold has the hex code #E1B67C. It is a light, moderate orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 88.2% red, 71.4% green and 48.6% blue (225, 182, 124).

Its hue angle is 34°, with 63% saturation and 68% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 45% yellow and 12% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.18:1).

Honey Gold (#E1B67C) color codes

HEX	`#E1B67C`
RGB	`rgb(225, 182, 124)`
RGB percent	`rgb(88.2%, 71.4%, 48.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(34, 63%, 68%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(34, 45%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 19%, 45%, 12%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(76.63, 8.14, 35.34)`
CIE LCH	`lch(76.63, 36.26, 77.03)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(51.419, 50.921, 26.185)`
Decimal	`14792316`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Honey Gold, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E1B67C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.18:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E1B67C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.18:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E1B67C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e1b67c; }
.text { color: #e1b67c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1b67c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(225 182 124 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e1b67c, #dae17c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E1B67C on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E1B67C?: #E1B67C is a light, moderate orange known as Honey Gold. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Honey Gold?: The RGB value is 225, 182, 124: 225 red, 182 green and 124 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Honey Gold?: The complementary color is #7CA7E1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E1B67C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.18:1 and white text 1.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.