#E7B23C#E7B23C

#E7B23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B23C
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 74%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 8.19, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 64.81, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0165 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.143 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6942, 49.1595, 11.1455)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B23C #3C71E7

analogous

#E75D3C #E7B23C #C6E73C

triadic

#E7B23C #3CE7B2 #B23CE7

tetradic

#E7B23C #3CE75D #3C71E7 #E73CC6

square

#E7B23C #3CE75D #3C71E7 #E73CC6

split-complementary

#E7B23C #3CC6E7 #5D3CE7

monochromatic

#966D12 #CD9519 #E7B23C #EEC872 #F4DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E7B23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E7B23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B23C

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B23C	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)

#C9B22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c879',
    500: '#e7b23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b23c;
$custom-light: #f3c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.404,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79226,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B23C

secondary

#9DB2E2

accent

#6FF533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B23C

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

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