#E7A252#E7A252
#E7A252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A252 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 162, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 64.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.85, 17.83, 50.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.85, 53.88, 70.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.39% 0.0475 0.1169) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.39% 0.126 67.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4014, 43.4427, 13.8698) |
| Luminance | 0.4344 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.35
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.05
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.71
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.98
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A252 #5297E7
analogous
#E75852 #E7A252 #E2E752
triadic
#E7A252 #52E7A2 #A252E7
tetradic
#E7A252 #52E758 #5297E7 #E752E2
square
#E7A252 #52E758 #5297E7 #E752E2
split-complementary
#E7A252 #52E2E7 #5852E7
monochromatic
#A76517 #DD851F #E7A252 #EEBF88 #F6DCBD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E7A252 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#E7A252 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A252
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A252 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A252 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A74A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B754
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9290
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a252; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 162, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 67.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd85',
500: '#e7a252',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a252; $custom-light: #f3bd85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a252",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 162,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.215,
"s": 75.635,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76394,
"c": 0.12622,
"h": 67.9
},
"luminance": 0.43439
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A252
secondary
#AFC8E6
accent
#6BD80E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C