#E7A35E#E7A35E
#E7A35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 163, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.23, 18.10, 45.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.23, 48.86, 68.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.73% 0.05 0.1066) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.73% 0.118 64.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0755, 43.9953, 16.5474) |
| Luminance | 0.4399 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.17
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.63
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.95
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.41
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.88
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 7.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A35E #5EA2E7
analogous
#E75E5E #E7A35E #E6E75E
triadic
#E7A35E #5EE7A3 #A35EE7
tetradic
#E7A35E #5EE75E #5EA2E7 #E75EE6
square
#E7A35E #5EE75E #5EA2E7 #E75EE6
split-complementary
#E7A35E #5EE6E7 #5E5EE7
monochromatic
#B0661A #DF8529 #E7A35E #EFC193 #F7E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E7A35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.80
#E7A35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A35E
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A35E | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 163, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 64.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2be8d',
500: '#e7a35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a35e; $custom-light: #f2be8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 163,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.219,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76726,
"c": 0.11775,
"h": 64.9
},
"luminance": 0.43991
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A35E
secondary
#B8D0E9
accent
#72D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D