#E7BD40#E7BD40

#E7BD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BD40
RGB	rgb(231, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 2.60, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 65.51, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% 0.0008 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.145 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0810, 53.7575, 12.4826)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BD40 #406AE7

analogous

#E76940 #E7BD40 #BEE740

triadic

#E7BD40 #40E7BD #BD40E7

tetradic

#E7BD40 #40E769 #406AE7 #E740BE

square

#E7BD40 #40E769 #406AE7 #E740BE

split-complementary

#E7BD40 #40BEE7 #6940E7

monochromatic

#997813 #D0A21A #E7BD40 #EED076 #F5E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E7BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BD40

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BD40	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d07c',
    500: '#e7bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bd40;
$custom-light: #f3d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.91,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81413,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BD40

secondary

#2E4A9D

accent

#64F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BD40

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

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