#E7B561#E7B561

#E7B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.117 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B561
RGB	rgb(231, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 8.77, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 49.87, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0228 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.117 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6392, 50.9031, 18.4124)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B561 #6193E7

analogous

#E77261 #E7B561 #D6E761

triadic

#E7B561 #61E7B5 #B561E7

tetradic

#E7B561 #61E772 #6193E7 #E761D6

square

#E7B561 #61E772 #6193E7 #E761D6

split-complementary

#E7B561 #61D6E7 #7261E7

monochromatic

#B27A1B #DF9C2C #E7B561 #EFCE96 #F7E7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E7B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E7B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B561

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B561	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.117 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb90',
    500: '#e7b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b561;
$custom-light: #f2cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B561

secondary

#3967B3

accent

#5AD610

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B561

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

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