#E7BC59#E7BC59

#E7BC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC59
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 4.52, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 54.97, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% 0.0094 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.127 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7441, 53.6798, 17.0324)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC59 #5984E7

analogous

#E77559 #E7BC59 #CBE759

triadic

#E7BC59 #59E7BC #BC59E7

tetradic

#E7BC59 #59E775 #5984E7 #E759CB

square

#E7BC59 #59E775 #5984E7 #E759CB

split-complementary

#E7BC59 #59CBE7 #7559E7

monochromatic

#AD8019 #DFA624 #E7BC59 #EFD28E #F6E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#E7BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC59

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC59	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cf8b',
    500: '#e7bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc59;
$custom-light: #f2cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81443,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC59

secondary

#365BAE

accent

#4BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC59

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

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