#E7B261#E7B261

#E7B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.116 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B261
RGB	rgb(231, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 10.35, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 49.32, 77.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0275 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.116 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0358, 49.6962, 18.2112)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B261 #6196E7

analogous

#E76F61 #E7B261 #D9E761

triadic

#E7B261 #61E7B2 #B261E7

tetradic

#E7B261 #61E76F #6196E7 #E761D9

square

#E7B261 #61E76F #6196E7 #E761D9

split-complementary

#E7B261 #61D9E7 #6F61E7

monochromatic

#B2771B #DF982C #E7B261 #EFCC96 #F7E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E7B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E7B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B261

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B261	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.116 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c890',
    500: '#e7b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b261;
$custom-light: #f2c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79593,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B261

secondary

#BBCDE9

accent

#5ED610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B261

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

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