#E7B459#E7B459

#E7B459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B459
RGB	rgb(231, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 8.73, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 53.25, 80.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0217 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.123 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0822, 50.3561, 16.4784)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B459 #598CE7

analogous

#E76D59 #E7B459 #D3E759

triadic

#E7B459 #59E7B4 #B459E7

tetradic

#E7B459 #59E76D #598CE7 #E759D3

square

#E7B459 #59E76D #598CE7 #E759D3

split-complementary

#E7B459 #59D3E7 #6D59E7

monochromatic

#AD7819 #DF9C24 #E7B459 #EFCC8E #F6E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E7B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#E7B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B459

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B459	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca8b',
    500: '#e7b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b459;
$custom-light: #f2ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B459

secondary

#3661AE

accent

#57D70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B459

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

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