#E7AE4D#E7AE4D

#E7AE4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.131 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7AE4D
RGB	rgb(231, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 66.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 11.15, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 57.39, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.0272 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.131 78)
XYZ	xyz(49.4336, 47.8005, 13.6425)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7AE4D #4D86E7

analogous

#E7614D #E7AE4D #D3E74D

triadic

#E7AE4D #4DE7AE #AE4DE7

tetradic

#E7AE4D #4DE761 #4D86E7 #E74DD3

square

#E7AE4D #4DE761 #4D86E7 #E74DD3

split-complementary

#E7AE4D #4DD3E7 #614DE7

monochromatic

#A46F16 #D9941D #E7AE4D #EEC783 #F6DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E7AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E7AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7AE4D

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7AE4D	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.131 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c683',
    500: '#e7ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ae4d;
$custom-light: #f3c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.792,
    "s": 76.238,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.786,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.47797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7AE4D

secondary

#AAC0E5

accent

#58D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7AE4D

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

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