#E7A457#E7A457
#E7A457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.123 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A457 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 164, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29%, 62.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.38, 17.08, 49.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.38, 51.92, 70.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.82% 0.046 0.1137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.82% 0.123 68) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.9538, 44.2318, 15.0269) |
| Luminance | 0.4423 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.50
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.07
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.71
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.73
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A457 #579AE7
analogous
#E75C57 #E7A457 #E2E757
triadic
#E7A457 #57E7A4 #A457E7
tetradic
#E7A457 #57E75C #579AE7 #E757E2
square
#E7A457 #57E75C #579AE7 #E757E2
split-complementary
#E7A457 #57E2E7 #5C57E7
monochromatic
#AB6718 #DF8721 #E7A457 #EFC18D #F6DEC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E7A457 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E7A457 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A457
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A457 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A457 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA850
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB859
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a457; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 164, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.123 68.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf89',
500: '#e7a457',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a457; $custom-light: #f3bf89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a457",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 164,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.083,
"s": 75,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76823,
"c": 0.12266,
"h": 68
},
"luminance": 0.44228
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A457
secondary
#B3CBE7
accent
#6CD70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D