#E7A256#E7A256

#E7A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.123 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A256
RGB	rgb(231, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 18.08, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 52.19, 69.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0488 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.123 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5581, 43.5053, 14.6949)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A256 #569BE7

analogous

#E75956 #E7A256 #E4E756

triadic

#E7A256 #56E7A2 #A256E7

tetradic

#E7A256 #56E759 #569BE7 #E756E4

square

#E7A256 #56E759 #569BE7 #E756E4

split-complementary

#E7A256 #56E4E7 #5956E7

monochromatic

#AA6518 #DF8520 #E7A256 #EFBF8C #F6DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E7A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E7A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A256

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A256	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.123 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd88',
    500: '#e7a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a256;
$custom-light: #f3bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.448,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7644,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A256

secondary

#B2CBE7

accent

#6ED70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A256

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

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