#E7A251#E7A251

#E7A251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A251
RGB	rgb(231, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 17.77, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 54.30, 70.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0472 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.127 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3637, 43.4276, 13.6708)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A251 #5196E7

analogous

#E75751 #E7A251 #E1E751

triadic

#E7A251 #51E7A2 #A251E7

tetradic

#E7A251 #51E757 #5196E7 #E751E1

square

#E7A251 #51E757 #5196E7 #E751E1

split-complementary

#E7A251 #51E1E7 #5751E7

monochromatic

#A76517 #DC851E #E7A251 #EEBF87 #F6DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E7A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E7A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A251

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A251	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd85',
    500: '#e7a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a251;
$custom-light: #f3bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A251

secondary

#AEC8E6

accent

#6BD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A251

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

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