#E7A55E#E7A55E
#E7A55E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A55E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 165, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.70, 17.03, 45.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.70, 49.00, 69.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.1% 0.0468 0.1078) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.1% 0.118 66.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4334, 44.7111, 16.6667) |
| Luminance | 0.4471 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.81
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.89
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.07
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.08
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.45
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A55E #5EA0E7
analogous
#E7605E #E7A55E #E4E75E
triadic
#E7A55E #5EE7A5 #A55EE7
tetradic
#E7A55E #5EE760 #5EA0E7 #E75EE4
square
#E7A55E #5EE760 #5EA0E7 #E75EE4
split-complementary
#E7A55E #5EE4E7 #605EE7
monochromatic
#B0681A #DF8729 #E7A55E #EFC393 #F7E1C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E7A55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.94
#E7A55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A55E
9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A55E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A55E | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.94 | 9.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA958
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9694
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a55e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 165, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 66.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf8d',
500: '#e7a55e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a55e; $custom-light: #f2bf8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a55e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 165,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.095,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77096,
"c": 0.11757,
"h": 66.5
},
"luminance": 0.44707
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A55E
secondary
#B8D0E9
accent
#6FD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D