#E7A642#E7A642

#E7A642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7A642
RGB	rgb(231, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 14.82, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 60.81, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0365 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.137 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5778, 44.6586, 11.2674)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7A642 #4283E7

analogous

#E75342 #E7A642 #D5E742

triadic

#E7A642 #42E7A6 #A642E7

tetradic

#E7A642 #42E753 #4283E7 #E742D5

square

#E7A642 #42E753 #4283E7 #E742D5

split-complementary

#E7A642 #42D5E7 #5342E7

monochromatic

#9B6614 #D1891B #E7A642 #EEC078 #F5D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E7A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#E7A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7A642

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7A642	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c07c',
    500: '#e7a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7a642;
$custom-light: #f4c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7A642

secondary

#A2BBE3

accent

#80F434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7A642

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

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