#E7A159#E7A159
#E7A159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A159 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 161, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 61.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.69, 18.81, 47.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.69, 50.86, 68.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.29% 0.0514 0.1101) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.29% 0.122 65) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5061, 43.2038, 15.2864) |
| Luminance | 0.4320 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.52
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.17
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.31
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A159 #599FE7
analogous
#E75A59 #E7A159 #E6E759
triadic
#E7A159 #59E7A1 #A159E7
tetradic
#E7A159 #59E75A #599FE7 #E759E6
square
#E7A159 #59E75A #599FE7 #E759E6
split-complementary
#E7A159 #59E6E7 #5A59E7
monochromatic
#AD6419 #DF8324 #E7A159 #EFBF8E #F6DEC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E7A159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E7A159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A159
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A159 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A159 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.64 | 9.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A652
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a159; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 161, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 65.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd8a',
500: '#e7a159',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a159; $custom-light: #f3bd8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a159",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 161,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.423,
"s": 74.737,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76293,
"c": 0.12152,
"h": 65
},
"luminance": 0.432
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A159
secondary
#B4CEE8
accent
#71D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D