#E7A856#E7A856
#E7A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A856 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 168, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.33, 14.89, 50.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.33, 52.74, 73.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.56% 0.0394 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.56% 0.123 71.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6403, 45.6698, 15.0556) |
| Luminance | 0.4567 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.59
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.74
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.13
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A856 #5695E7
analogous
#E76056 #E7A856 #DEE756
triadic
#E7A856 #56E7A8 #A856E7
tetradic
#E7A856 #56E760 #5695E7 #E756DE
square
#E7A856 #56E760 #5695E7 #E756DE
split-complementary
#E7A856 #56DEE7 #6056E7
monochromatic
#AA6B18 #DF8C20 #E7A856 #EFC48C #F6DFC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#E7A856 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.13
#E7A856 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A856
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A856 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A856 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.13 | 10.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAB4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9896
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a856; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 168, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 71.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c188',
500: '#e7a856',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a856; $custom-light: #f3c188; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a856",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 168,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.931,
"s": 75.13,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77558,
"c": 0.12341,
"h": 71.4
},
"luminance": 0.45666
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A856
secondary
#B2C9E7
accent
#66D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D