#E7A172#E7A172
#E7A172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.104 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A172 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 161, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 71%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 50.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.03, 20.79, 34.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.03, 40.53, 59.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.66% 0.0606 0.0847) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.66% 0.104 54.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7397, 43.6973, 21.7837) |
| Luminance | 0.4369 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.81
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.82
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.94
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.50
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.81
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A172 #72B8E7
analogous
#E7727D #E7A172 #E7DC72
triadic
#E7A172 #72E7A1 #A172E7
tetradic
#E7A172 #7DE772 #72B8E7 #DC72E7
square
#E7A172 #7DE772 #72B8E7 #DC72E7
split-complementary
#E7A172 #72E7DC #727DE7
monochromatic
#BE6020 #DE7E3E #E7A172 #F0C4A6 #F9E7DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E7A172 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.74
#E7A172 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A172
9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A172 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A172 | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.74 | 9.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A76E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B772
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99395
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a172; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 161, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.104 54.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd9b',
500: '#e7a172',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a172; $custom-light: #f2bd9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a172",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 161,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.103,
"s": 70.909,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76659,
"c": 0.10409,
"h": 54.4
},
"luminance": 0.43694
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A172
secondary
#C8DEED
accent
#86D313
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E