#E7B156#E7B156

#E7B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B156
RGB	rgb(231, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 10.12, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 54.03, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0254 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.125 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3597, 49.1086, 15.6288)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B156 #568CE7

analogous

#E76856 #E7B156 #D5E756

triadic

#E7B156 #56E7B1 #B156E7

tetradic

#E7B156 #56E768 #568CE7 #E756D5

square

#E7B156 #56E768 #568CE7 #E756D5

split-complementary

#E7B156 #56D5E7 #6856E7

monochromatic

#AA7418 #DF9820 #E7B156 #EFCA8C #F6E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E7B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E7B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B156

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B156	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c889',
    500: '#e7b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b156;
$custom-light: #f2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7927,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B156

secondary

#B2C6E7

accent

#59D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B156

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

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