#E7C050#E7C050
#E7C050 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C050 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 192, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.20, 1.87, 59.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.20, 59.84, 88.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.14% 0.0006 0.1358) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.14% 0.136 89.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.2553, 55.2705, 15.4511) |
| Luminance | 0.5527 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.94
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.11
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.09
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.15
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.59
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C050 #5077E7
analogous
#E77450 #E7C050 #C2E750
triadic
#E7C050 #50E7C0 #C050E7
tetradic
#E7C050 #50E774 #5077E7 #E750C2
square
#E7C050 #50E774 #5077E7 #E750C2
split-complementary
#E7C050 #50C2E7 #7450E7
monochromatic
#A68117 #DCAB1E #E7C050 #EED386 #F6E7BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#E7C050 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.05
#E7C050 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C050
12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C050 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C050 | 1.00 | 1.74 | 12.05 | 12.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC955
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B1A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c050; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 192, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d286',
500: '#e7c050',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c050; $custom-light: #f2d286; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c050",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 192,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.503,
"s": 75.879,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82143,
"c": 0.13578,
"h": 89.7
},
"luminance": 0.55267
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C050
secondary
#3351A8
accent
#42D80D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E