#E7B462#E7B462

#E7B462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B462
RGB	rgb(231, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 9.37, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 49.23, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0247 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4835, 50.5166, 18.5919)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B462 #6295E7

analogous

#E77162 #E7B462 #D8E762

triadic

#E7B462 #62E7B4 #B462E7

tetradic

#E7B462 #62E771 #6295E7 #E762D8

square

#E7B462 #62E771 #6295E7 #E762D8

split-complementary

#E7B462 #62D8E7 #7162E7

monochromatic

#B3791B #DF9B2D #E7B462 #EFCD97 #F7E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E7B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E7B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B462

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B462	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca91',
    500: '#e7b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b462;
$custom-light: #f2ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B462

secondary

#3A68B4

accent

#5CD610

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B462

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