#E7BC57#E7BC57

#E7BC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.128 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC57
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, 4.39, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 55.85, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0088 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.128 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6612, 53.6467, 16.5961)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC57 #5782E7

analogous

#E77457 #E7BC57 #CAE757

triadic

#E7BC57 #57E7BC #BC57E7

tetradic

#E7BC57 #57E774 #5782E7 #E757CA

square

#E7BC57 #57E774 #5782E7 #E757CA

split-complementary

#E7BC57 #57CAE7 #7457E7

monochromatic

#AB7F18 #DFA721 #E7BC57 #EFD18D #F6E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E7BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC57

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC57	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.128 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cf8a',
    500: '#e7bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc57;
$custom-light: #f2cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC57

secondary

#3659AC

accent

#4AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC57

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

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