#E7B142#E7B142

#E7B142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B142
RGB	rgb(231, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 8.99, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 62.35, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0195 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.139 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6636, 48.8301, 11.9626)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B142 #4278E7

analogous

#E75E42 #E7B142 #CAE742

triadic

#E7B142 #42E7B1 #B142E7

tetradic

#E7B142 #42E75E #4278E7 #E742CA

square

#E7B142 #42E75E #4278E7 #E742CA

split-complementary

#E7B142 #42CAE7 #5E42E7

monochromatic

#9B6F14 #D1951B #E7B142 #EEC778 #F5DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E7B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#E7B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B142

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B142	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c87d',
    500: '#e7b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b142;
$custom-light: #f3c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B142

secondary

#A2B7E3

accent

#73F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B142

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

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