#E7B159#E7B159

#E7B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B159
RGB	rgb(231, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 10.31, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 52.71, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.0263 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.123 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4831, 49.1579, 16.2788)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B159 #598FE7

analogous

#E76A59 #E7B159 #D6E759

triadic

#E7B159 #59E7B1 #B159E7

tetradic

#E7B159 #59E76A #598FE7 #E759D6

square

#E7B159 #59E76A #598FE7 #E759D6

split-complementary

#E7B159 #59D6E7 #6A59E7

monochromatic

#AD7419 #DF9824 #E7B159 #EFCA8E #F6E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E7B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E7B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B159

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B159	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c88b',
    500: '#e7b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b159;
$custom-light: #f2c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79304,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B159

secondary

#B4C8E8

accent

#5BD70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B159

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

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