#E7B949#E7B949

#E7B949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7B949
RGB	rgb(231, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 5.14, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 61.10, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0092 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.137 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5095, 52.1712, 13.6591)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7B949 #4977E7

analogous

#E76A49 #E7B949 #C6E749

triadic

#E7B949 #49E7B9 #B949E7

tetradic

#E7B949 #49E76A #4977E7 #E749C6

square

#E7B949 #49E76A #4977E7 #E749C6

split-complementary

#E7B949 #49C6E7 #6A49E7

monochromatic

#A07815 #D7A01C #E7B949 #EECE7F #F5E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E7B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#E7B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7B949

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7B949	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd81',
    500: '#e7b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7b949;
$custom-light: #f3cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7B949

secondary

#3152A3

accent

#6CF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7B949

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

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