#E7B451#E7B451

#E7B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B451
RGB	rgb(231, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 8.22, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 56.74, 81.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0192 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.13 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7644, 50.2290, 14.8044)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B451 #5184E7

analogous

#E76951 #E7B451 #CFE751

triadic

#E7B451 #51E7B4 #B451E7

tetradic

#E7B451 #51E769 #5184E7 #E751CF

square

#E7B451 #51E769 #5184E7 #E751CF

split-complementary

#E7B451 #51CFE7 #6951E7

monochromatic

#A77617 #DC9C1E #E7B451 #EECB87 #F6E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E7B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E7B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B451

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B451	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca86',
    500: '#e7b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b451;
$custom-light: #f3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79796,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B451

secondary

#345BA8

accent

#52D80E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B451

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

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