#E7A255#E7A255

#E7A255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A255
RGB	rgb(231, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 18.02, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.61, 69.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0485 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.124 67)
XYZ	xyz(47.5181, 43.4893, 14.4842)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A255 #559AE7

analogous

#E75955 #E7A255 #E3E755

triadic

#E7A255 #55E7A2 #A255E7

tetradic

#E7A255 #55E759 #559AE7 #E755E3

square

#E7A255 #55E759 #559AE7 #E755E3

split-complementary

#E7A255 #55E3E7 #5955E7

monochromatic

#AA6518 #DF8520 #E7A255 #EFBF8B #F6DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E7A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E7A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A255

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A255	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd87',
    500: '#e7a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a255;
$custom-light: #f3bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.644,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76428,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.43485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A255

secondary

#B1CAE7

accent

#6DD70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A255

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

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