#E7A962#E7A962
#E7A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7A962 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 169, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 57.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.71, 15.20, 45.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.71, 47.64, 71.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.9% 0.0419 0.1065) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.9% 0.114 68.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3504, 46.2503, 17.8809) |
| Luminance | 0.4625 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.79
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.23
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.61
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.00
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7A962 #62A0E7
analogous
#E76762 #E7A962 #E3E762
triadic
#E7A962 #62E7A9 #A962E7
tetradic
#E7A962 #62E767 #62A0E7 #E762E3
square
#E7A962 #62E767 #62A0E7 #E762E3
split-complementary
#E7A962 #62E3E7 #6762E7
monochromatic
#B36C1B #DF8C2D #E7A962 #EFC697 #F7E3CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#E7A962 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.25
#E7A962 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7A962
10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7A962 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7A962 | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.25 | 10.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAD5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99A98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7a962; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 169, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 68.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c290',
500: '#e7a962',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7a962; $custom-light: #f2c290; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7a962",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 169,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.03,
"s": 73.481,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77896,
"c": 0.11447,
"h": 68.5
},
"luminance": 0.46247
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7A962
secondary
#BBD1E9
accent
#6CD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D