#E7A656#E7A656
#E7A656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.123 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A656 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 166, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 62.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.85, 15.95, 50.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.85, 52.53, 72.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.18% 0.0425 0.1158) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.18% 0.123 69.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2739, 44.9370, 14.9335) |
| Luminance | 0.4493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.42
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.10
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.38
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.66
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.11
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A656 #5697E7
analogous
#E75D56 #E7A656 #E0E756
triadic
#E7A656 #56E7A6 #A656E7
tetradic
#E7A656 #56E75D #5697E7 #E756E0
square
#E7A656 #56E75D #5697E7 #E756E0
split-complementary
#E7A656 #56E0E7 #5D56E7
monochromatic
#AA6918 #DF8A20 #E7A656 #EFC28C #F6DEC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#E7A656 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#E7A656 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A656
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A656 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A656 | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB958
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9694
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a656; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 166, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.123 69.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c088',
500: '#e7a656',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a656; $custom-light: #f3c088; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a656",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 166,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.103,
"s": 75.13,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77184,
"c": 0.12333,
"h": 69.8
},
"luminance": 0.44933
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A656
secondary
#B2CAE7
accent
#68D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D