#E7B440#E7B440

#E7B440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B440
RGB	rgb(231, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 7.31, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 63.66, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0144 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.141 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2048, 50.0051, 11.8572)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B440 #4073E7

analogous

#E76140 #E7B440 #C6E740

triadic

#E7B440 #40E7B4 #B440E7

tetradic

#E7B440 #40E761 #4073E7 #E740C6

square

#E7B440 #40E761 #4073E7 #E740C6

split-complementary

#E7B440 #40C6E7 #6140E7

monochromatic

#997013 #D0981A #E7B440 #EEC976 #F5DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E7B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E7B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B440

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B440	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca7c',
    500: '#e7b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b440;
$custom-light: #f3ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.677,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B440

secondary

#2E509D

accent

#6EF434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B440

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

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