#E7B840#E7B840

#E7B840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.143 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B840
RGB	rgb(231, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 5.21, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 64.44, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0084 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.143 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0239, 51.6435, 12.1302)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B840 #406FE7

analogous

#E76540 #E7B840 #C2E740

triadic

#E7B840 #40E7B8 #B840E7

tetradic

#E7B840 #40E765 #406FE7 #E740C2

square

#E7B840 #40E765 #406FE7 #E740C2

split-complementary

#E7B840 #40C2E7 #6540E7

monochromatic

#997413 #D09D1A #E7B840 #EECC76 #F5E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E7B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#E7B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B840

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B840	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.143 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd7c',
    500: '#e7b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b840;
$custom-light: #f3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.114,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B840

secondary

#2E4D9D

accent

#6AF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B840

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

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