#E7BD59#E7BD59

#E7BD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.127 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BD59
RGB	rgb(231, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, 4.00, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 55.21, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% 0.0079 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.127 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9584, 54.1085, 17.1039)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BD59 #5983E7

analogous

#E77659 #E7BD59 #CAE759

triadic

#E7BD59 #59E7BD #BD59E7

tetradic

#E7BD59 #59E776 #5983E7 #E759CA

square

#E7BD59 #59E776 #5983E7 #E759CA

split-complementary

#E7BD59 #59CAE7 #7659E7

monochromatic

#AD8119 #DFA824 #E7BD59 #EFD28E #F6E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E7BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#E7BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BD59

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BD59	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.127 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d08b',
    500: '#e7bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bd59;
$custom-light: #f2d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8164,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BD59

secondary

#365AAE

accent

#4AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BD59

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

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