#E7A459#E7A459
#E7A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 164, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29%, 61.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.41, 17.22, 48.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.41, 51.07, 70.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.85% 0.0467 0.1119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.85% 0.121 67.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0366, 44.2649, 15.4633) |
| Luminance | 0.4426 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.19
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.67
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.94
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.48
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.00
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A459 #599CE7
analogous
#E75D59 #E7A459 #E3E759
triadic
#E7A459 #59E7A4 #A459E7
tetradic
#E7A459 #59E75D #599CE7 #E759E3
square
#E7A459 #59E75D #599CE7 #E759E3
split-complementary
#E7A459 #59E3E7 #5D59E7
monochromatic
#AD6719 #DF8724 #E7A459 #EFC18E #F6DFC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E7A459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E7A459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A459
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A459 | 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)
#BAA852
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 164, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 67.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf8a',
500: '#e7a459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a459; $custom-light: #f3bf8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a459",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 164,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.69,
"s": 74.737,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76847,
"c": 0.12124,
"h": 67.3
},
"luminance": 0.44261
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A459
secondary
#B4CCE8
accent
#6DD70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D