#E7BC5B#E7BC5B

#E7BC5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.125 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC5B
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, 4.66, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 54.08, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0101 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.125 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8292, 53.7139, 17.4807)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC5B #5B86E7

analogous

#E7765B #E7BC5B #CCE75B

triadic

#E7BC5B #5BE7BC #BC5BE7

tetradic

#E7BC5B #5BE776 #5B86E7 #E75BCC

square

#E7BC5B #5BE776 #5B86E7 #E75BCC

split-complementary

#E7BC5B #5BCCE7 #765BE7

monochromatic

#AE8019 #DFA626 #E7BC5B #EFD290 #F7E8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#E7BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC5B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC5B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.125 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cf8c',
    500: '#e7bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc5b;
$custom-light: #f2cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC5B

secondary

#375CAF

accent

#4CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC5B

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

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