#E7B551#E7B551

#E7B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B551
RGB	rgb(231, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 7.69, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 56.93, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0176 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.13 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9670, 50.6342, 14.8719)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B551 #5183E7

analogous

#E76A51 #E7B551 #CEE751

triadic

#E7B551 #51E7B5 #B551E7

tetradic

#E7B551 #51E76A #5183E7 #E751CE

square

#E7B551 #51E76A #5183E7 #E751CE

split-complementary

#E7B551 #51CEE7 #6A51E7

monochromatic

#A77717 #DC9D1E #E7B551 #EECC87 #F6E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E7B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E7B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B551

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B551	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca86',
    500: '#e7b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b551;
$custom-light: #f2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B551

secondary

#345BA8

accent

#51D80E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B551

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

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