#E7AE56#E7AE56

#E7AE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.124 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7AE56
RGB	rgb(231, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 11.70, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 53.54, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.03 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.124 76)
XYZ	xyz(49.7737, 47.9365, 15.4334)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7AE56 #568FE7

analogous

#E76656 #E7AE56 #D7E756

triadic

#E7AE56 #56E7AE #AE56E7

tetradic

#E7AE56 #56E766 #568FE7 #E756D7

square

#E7AE56 #56E766 #568FE7 #E756D7

split-complementary

#E7AE56 #56D7E7 #6656E7

monochromatic

#AA7118 #DF9420 #E7AE56 #EFC88C #F6E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E7AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#E7AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7AE56

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7AE56	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.124 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c689',
    500: '#e7ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ae56;
$custom-light: #f2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78695,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.47933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7AE56

secondary

#B2C7E7

accent

#5DD70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7AE56

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

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