#E7A261#E7A261

#E7A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A261
RGB	rgb(231, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 18.85, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 47.53, 66.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0527 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.116 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0359, 43.6965, 17.2113)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A261 #61A6E7

analogous

#E76163 #E7A261 #E7E561

triadic

#E7A261 #61E7A2 #A261E7

tetradic

#E7A261 #63E761 #61A6E7 #E561E7

square

#E7A261 #63E761 #61A6E7 #E561E7

split-complementary

#E7A261 #61E7E5 #6163E7

monochromatic

#B2651B #DF832C #E7A261 #EFC196 #F7E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E7A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E7A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A261

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A261	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)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd8f',
    500: '#e7a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a261;
$custom-light: #f2bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.104,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76582,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A261

secondary

#BBD3E9

accent

#76D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A261

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

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