#E7B640#E7B640

#E7B640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.142 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B640
RGB	rgb(231, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 6.26, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 64.04, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0114 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.142 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6114, 50.8184, 11.9927)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B640 #4071E7

analogous

#E76240 #E7B640 #C5E740

triadic

#E7B640 #40E7B6 #B640E7

tetradic

#E7B640 #40E762 #4071E7 #E740C5

square

#E7B640 #40E762 #4071E7 #E740C5

split-complementary

#E7B640 #40C5E7 #6240E7

monochromatic

#997213 #D09A1A #E7B640 #EECB76 #F5E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E7B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E7B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B640

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B640	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.142 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb7c',
    500: '#e7b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b640;
$custom-light: #f3cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.395,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80034,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B640

secondary

#2E4F9D

accent

#6CF434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B640

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

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