#E7B542#E7B542

#E7B542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.140 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B542
RGB	rgb(231, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 6.88, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 63.08, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0134 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.14 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4653, 50.4335, 12.2298)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B542 #4274E7

analogous

#E76242 #E7B542 #C7E742

triadic

#E7B542 #42E7B5 #B542E7

tetradic

#E7B542 #42E762 #4274E7 #E742C7

square

#E7B542 #42E762 #4274E7 #E742C7

split-complementary

#E7B542 #42C7E7 #6242E7

monochromatic

#9B7214 #D19A1B #E7B542 #EECA78 #F5E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E7B542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E7B542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B542

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B542	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.140 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca7d',
    500: '#e7b542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b542;
$custom-light: #f3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79855,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B542

secondary

#2F519E

accent

#6EF434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B542

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

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