#E7B356#E7B356

#E7B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B356
RGB	rgb(231, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 9.06, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 54.39, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0223 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.125 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7577, 49.9044, 15.7614)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B356 #568AE7

analogous

#E76B56 #E7B356 #D2E756

triadic

#E7B356 #56E7B3 #B356E7

tetradic

#E7B356 #56E76B #568AE7 #E756D2

square

#E7B356 #56E76B #568AE7 #E756D2

split-complementary

#E7B356 #56D2E7 #6B56E7

monochromatic

#AA7618 #DF9B20 #E7B356 #EFCB8C #F6E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E7B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E7B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B356

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B356	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c989',
    500: '#e7b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b356;
$custom-light: #f2c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79655,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B356

secondary

#B2C5E7

accent

#56D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B356

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

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