#E7BC40#E7BC40

#E7BC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.145 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC40
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, 3.12, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 65.29, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0023 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.145 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8666, 53.3288, 12.4111)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC40 #406BE7

analogous

#E76940 #E7BC40 #BEE740

triadic

#E7BC40 #40E7BC #BC40E7

tetradic

#E7BC40 #40E769 #406BE7 #E740BE

square

#E7BC40 #40E769 #406BE7 #E740BE

split-complementary

#E7BC40 #40BEE7 #6940E7

monochromatic

#997713 #D0A11A #E7BC40 #EECF76 #F5E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E7BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E7BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC40

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC40	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.145 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf7c',
    500: '#e7bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc40;
$custom-light: #f3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.551,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81215,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC40

secondary

#2E4B9D

accent

#65F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC40

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

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