#E7B442#E7B442

#E7B442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B442
RGB	rgb(231, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 7.41, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 62.89, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0149 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.14 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2627, 50.0283, 12.1623)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B442 #4275E7

analogous

#E76242 #E7B442 #C7E742

triadic

#E7B442 #42E7B4 #B442E7

tetradic

#E7B442 #42E762 #4275E7 #E742C7

square

#E7B442 #42E762 #4275E7 #E742C7

split-complementary

#E7B442 #42C7E7 #6242E7

monochromatic

#9B7114 #D1991B #E7B442 #EECA78 #F5DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E7B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E7B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B442

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B442	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca7d',
    500: '#e7b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b442;
$custom-light: #f3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B442

secondary

#2F519E

accent

#6FF434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B442

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

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