#E7B559#E7B559

#E7B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.124 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B559
RGB	rgb(231, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 8.20, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 53.45, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0201 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.124 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2848, 50.7613, 16.5460)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B559 #598BE7

analogous

#E76E59 #E7B559 #D2E759

triadic

#E7B559 #59E7B5 #B559E7

tetradic

#E7B559 #59E76E #598BE7 #E759D2

square

#E7B559 #59E76E #598BE7 #E759D2

split-complementary

#E7B559 #59D2E7 #6E59E7

monochromatic

#AD7919 #DF9D24 #E7B559 #EFCD8E #F6E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E7B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#E7B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B559

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B559	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.124 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb8b',
    500: '#e7b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b559;
$custom-light: #f2cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80076,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B559

secondary

#3660AE

accent

#55D70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B559

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

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