#E7B253#E7B253

#E7B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B253
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 64.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 9.40, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 55.51, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0229 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.127 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4396, 49.4577, 15.0716)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B253 #5388E7

analogous

#E76853 #E7B253 #D2E753

triadic

#E7B253 #53E7B2 #B253E7

tetradic

#E7B253 #53E768 #5388E7 #E753D2

square

#E7B253 #53E768 #5388E7 #E753D2

split-complementary

#E7B253 #53D2E7 #6853E7

monochromatic

#A87417 #DE991F #E7B253 #EECA89 #F6E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E7B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E7B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B253

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B253	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c887',
    500: '#e7b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b253;
$custom-light: #f2c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B253

secondary

#AFC3E6

accent

#56D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B253

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

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