#E7BC51#E7BC51

#E7BC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC51
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 4.02, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 58.44, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.007 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.133 87)
XYZ	xyz(52.4262, 53.5527, 15.3583)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC51 #517CE7

analogous

#E77151 #E7BC51 #C7E751

triadic

#E7BC51 #51E7BC #BC51E7

tetradic

#E7BC51 #51E771 #517CE7 #E751C7

square

#E7BC51 #51E771 #517CE7 #E751C7

split-complementary

#E7BC51 #51C7E7 #7151E7

monochromatic

#A77D17 #DCA61E #E7BC51 #EED187 #F6E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#E7BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC51

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC51	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cf86',
    500: '#e7bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc51;
$custom-light: #f2cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8136,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.53549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC51

secondary

#3455A8

accent

#48D80E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC51

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

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