#E7B342#E7B342

#E7B342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.139 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B342
RGB	rgb(231, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 7.93, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 62.70, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0165 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.139 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0616, 49.6260, 12.0953)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B342 #4276E7

analogous

#E76042 #E7B342 #C8E742

triadic

#E7B342 #42E7B3 #B342E7

tetradic

#E7B342 #42E760 #4276E7 #E742C8

square

#E7B342 #42E760 #4276E7 #E742C8

split-complementary

#E7B342 #42C8E7 #6042E7

monochromatic

#9B7014 #D1981B #E7B342 #EEC978 #F5DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E7B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E7B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B342

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B342	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.139 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c97d',
    500: '#e7b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b342;
$custom-light: #f3c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.091,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B342

secondary

#A2B6E3

accent

#70F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B342

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

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