#E7B255#E7B255

#E7B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.126 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B255
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 9.52, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 54.64, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0235 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.126 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5180, 49.4891, 15.4841)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B255 #558AE7

analogous

#E76955 #E7B255 #D3E755

triadic

#E7B255 #55E7B2 #B255E7

tetradic

#E7B255 #55E769 #558AE7 #E755D3

square

#E7B255 #55E769 #558AE7 #E755D3

split-complementary

#E7B255 #55D3E7 #6955E7

monochromatic

#AA7518 #DF9A20 #E7B255 #EFCA8B #F6E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E7B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E7B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B255

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B255	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.126 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c888',
    500: '#e7b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b255;
$custom-light: #f2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79451,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B255

secondary

#B1C5E7

accent

#57D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B255

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

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