#E7B256#E7B256

#E7B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B256
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 9.59, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 54.20, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0238 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.125 79)
XYZ	xyz(50.5580, 49.5051, 15.6949)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B256 #568BE7

analogous

#E76A56 #E7B256 #D4E756

triadic

#E7B256 #56E7B2 #B256E7

tetradic

#E7B256 #56E76A #568BE7 #E756D4

square

#E7B256 #56E76A #568BE7 #E756D4

split-complementary

#E7B256 #56D4E7 #6A56E7

monochromatic

#AA7518 #DF9A20 #E7B256 #EFCA8C #F6E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E7B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E7B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B256

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B256	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c889',
    500: '#e7b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b256;
$custom-light: #f2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.49502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B256

secondary

#B2C5E7

accent

#58D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B256

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

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