#E7A162#E7A162

#E7A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A162
RGB	rgb(231, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 19.46, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 47.06, 65.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0546 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.115 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9074, 43.3643, 17.3999)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A162 #62A8E7

analogous

#E76266 #E7A162 #E7E462

triadic

#E7A162 #62E7A1 #A162E7

tetradic

#E7A162 #66E762 #62A8E7 #E462E7

square

#E7A162 #66E762 #62A8E7 #E462E7

split-complementary

#E7A162 #62E7E4 #6266E7

monochromatic

#B3631B #DF812D #E7A162 #EFC197 #F7E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E7A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#E7A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A162

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A162	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd90',
    500: '#e7a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a162;
$custom-light: #f2bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76412,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A162

secondary

#BBD4E9

accent

#78D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →