#E7B249#E7B249

#E7B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.135 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B249
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 8.82, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 59.72, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0199 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.135 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0810, 49.3143, 13.1829)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B249 #497EE7

analogous

#E76349 #E7B249 #CDE749

triadic

#E7B249 #49E7B2 #B249E7

tetradic

#E7B249 #49E763 #497EE7 #E749CD

square

#E7B249 #49E763 #497EE7 #E749CD

split-complementary

#E7B249 #49CDE7 #6349E7

monochromatic

#A07215 #D7981C #E7B249 #EEC97F #F5E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E7B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E7B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B249

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B249	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.135 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c881',
    500: '#e7b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b249;
$custom-light: #f3c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.873,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B249

secondary

#A7BCE5

accent

#75F335

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B249

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

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