#E7A442#E7A442

#E7A442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A442
RGB	rgb(231, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 15.88, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 60.60, 74.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0396 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.136 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2171, 43.9371, 11.1471)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A442 #4285E7

analogous

#E75142 #E7A442 #D8E742

triadic

#E7A442 #42E7A4 #A442E7

tetradic

#E7A442 #42E751 #4285E7 #E742D8

square

#E7A442 #42E751 #4285E7 #E742D8

split-complementary

#E7A442 #42D8E7 #5142E7

monochromatic

#9B6414 #D1871B #E7A442 #EEBE78 #F5D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E7A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E7A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A442

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A442	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be7b',
    500: '#e7a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a442;
$custom-light: #f4be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.636,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76606,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A442

secondary

#A2BCE3

accent

#82F434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A442

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

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