#E7A16C#E7A16C
#E7A16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.108 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A16C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 161, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 53.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.94, 20.26, 37.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.94, 42.93, 61.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.56% 0.0583 0.0912) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.56% 0.108 57.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4094, 43.5651, 20.0437) |
| Luminance | 0.4356 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.49
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.02
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.12
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.13
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A16C #6CB2E7
analogous
#E76C75 #E7A16C #E7DF6C
triadic
#E7A16C #6CE7A1 #A16CE7
tetradic
#E7A16C #75E76C #6CB2E7 #DF6CE7
square
#E7A16C #75E76C #6CB2E7 #DF6CE7
split-complementary
#E7A16C #6CE7DF #6C75E7
monochromatic
#BA621E #DE7F37 #E7A16C #F0C3A1 #F8E4D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E7A16C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#E7A16C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A16C
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A16C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A16C | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.71 | 9.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A768
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B66C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a16c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 161, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.108 57.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd97',
500: '#e7a16c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a16c; $custom-light: #f2bd97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a16c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 161,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.854,
"s": 71.93,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76561,
"c": 0.1082,
"h": 57.4
},
"luminance": 0.43561
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A16C
secondary
#C3DAEB
accent
#80D412
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E