#E7A359#E7A359
#E7A359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A359 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 163, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 61.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.17, 17.75, 47.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.17, 50.99, 69.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.66% 0.0483 0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.66% 0.121 66.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8584, 43.9084, 15.4038) |
| Luminance | 0.4390 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.85
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.76
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.80
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.39
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.31
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A359 #599DE7
analogous
#E75C59 #E7A359 #E4E759
triadic
#E7A359 #59E7A3 #A359E7
tetradic
#E7A359 #59E75C #599DE7 #E759E4
square
#E7A359 #59E75C #599DE7 #E759E4
split-complementary
#E7A359 #59E4E7 #5C59E7
monochromatic
#AD6619 #DF8524 #E7A359 #EFC18E #F6DEC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E7A359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.78
#E7A359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A359
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A359 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A359 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.78 | 9.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A852
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a359; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 163, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 66.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3be8a',
500: '#e7a359',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a359; $custom-light: #f3be8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a359",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 163,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.268,
"s": 74.737,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76662,
"c": 0.12131,
"h": 66.6
},
"luminance": 0.43905
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A359
secondary
#B4CDE8
accent
#6FD70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D