#E7B242#E7B242

#E7B242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.139 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B242
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 8.46, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 62.53, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.018 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.139 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8619, 49.2266, 12.0287)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B242 #4277E7

analogous

#E75F42 #E7B242 #CAE742

triadic

#E7B242 #42E7B2 #B242E7

tetradic

#E7B242 #42E75F #4277E7 #E742CA

square

#E7B242 #42E75F #4277E7 #E742CA

split-complementary

#E7B242 #42CAE7 #5F42E7

monochromatic

#9B6F14 #D1971B #E7B242 #EEC878 #F5DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E7B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E7B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B242

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B242	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.139 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c87d',
    500: '#e7b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b242;
$custom-light: #f3c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B242

secondary

#A2B7E3

accent

#72F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B242

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →