#E7A059#E7A059
#E7A059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A059 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 160, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 61.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.46, 19.35, 46.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.46, 50.80, 67.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.11% 0.053 0.1095) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.11% 0.122 64.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3320, 42.8557, 15.2284) |
| Luminance | 0.4285 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.03
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.46
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.33
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.41
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A059 #59A0E7
analogous
#E75959 #E7A059 #E7E759
triadic
#E7A059 #59E7A0 #A059E7
tetradic
#E7A059 #59E759 #59A0E7 #E759E7
square
#E7A059 #59E759 #59A0E7 #E759E7
split-complementary
#E7A059 #59E7E7 #5959E7
monochromatic
#AD6319 #DF8124 #E7A059 #EFBF8E #F6DDC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E7A059 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#E7A059 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A059
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A059 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A059 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A552
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a059; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 160, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 64.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bc8a',
500: '#e7a059',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a059; $custom-light: #f3bc8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a059",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 160,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 74.737,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76109,
"c": 0.12166,
"h": 64.2
},
"luminance": 0.42852
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A059
secondary
#B4CEE8
accent
#73D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D