#E7B656#E7B656

#E7B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.126 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B656
RGB	rgb(231, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 7.48, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 54.97, 82.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0176 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.126 82)
XYZ	xyz(51.3655, 51.1201, 15.9640)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B656 #5687E7

analogous

#E76D56 #E7B656 #D0E756

triadic

#E7B656 #56E7B6 #B656E7

tetradic

#E7B656 #56E76D #5687E7 #E756D0

square

#E7B656 #56E76D #5687E7 #E756D0

split-complementary

#E7B656 #56D0E7 #6D56E7

monochromatic

#AA7918 #DF9F20 #E7B656 #EFCD8C #F6E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E7B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E7B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B656

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B656	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.126 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb89',
    500: '#e7b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b656;
$custom-light: #f2cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.51117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B656

secondary

#355DAC

accent

#52D70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B656

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

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