#E7BC42#E7BC42

#E7BC42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC42
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 3.21, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 64.53, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0028 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.143 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9246, 53.3520, 12.7163)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC42 #426DE7

analogous

#E76942 #E7BC42 #BFE742

triadic

#E7BC42 #42E7BC #BC42E7

tetradic

#E7BC42 #42E769 #426DE7 #E742BF

square

#E7BC42 #42E769 #426DE7 #E742BF

split-complementary

#E7BC42 #42BFE7 #6942E7

monochromatic

#9B7814 #D1A21B #E7BC42 #EECF78 #F5E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E7BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E7BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC42

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC42	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf7d',
    500: '#e7bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc42;
$custom-light: #f3cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC42

secondary

#2F4C9E

accent

#66F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC42

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

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