#E7B849#E7B849

#E7B849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.137 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B849
RGB	rgb(231, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 5.66, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 60.89, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0107 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.137 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3010, 51.7543, 13.5896)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B849 #4978E7

analogous

#E76949 #E7B849 #C7E749

triadic

#E7B849 #49E7B8 #B849E7

tetradic

#E7B849 #49E769 #4978E7 #E749C7

square

#E7B849 #49E769 #4978E7 #E749C7

split-complementary

#E7B849 #49C7E7 #6949E7

monochromatic

#A07715 #D79F1C #E7B849 #EECD7F #F5E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E7B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#E7B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B849

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B849	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.137 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd81',
    500: '#e7b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b849;
$custom-light: #f3cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.805,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B849

secondary

#3153A3

accent

#6DF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B849

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

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