#E7B540#E7B540

#E7B540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B540
RGB	rgb(231, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 6.79, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 63.85, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0129 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.141 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4074, 50.4103, 11.9247)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B540 #4072E7

analogous

#E76140 #E7B540 #C5E740

triadic

#E7B540 #40E7B5 #B540E7

tetradic

#E7B540 #40E761 #4072E7 #E740C5

square

#E7B540 #40E761 #4072E7 #E740C5

split-complementary

#E7B540 #40C5E7 #6140E7

monochromatic

#997113 #D0991A #E7B540 #EECA76 #F5DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E7B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E7B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B540

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B540	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca7c',
    500: '#e7b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b540;
$custom-light: #f3ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.036,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79839,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B540

secondary

#2E4F9D

accent

#6DF434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B540

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

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