#E7C051#E7C051

#E7C051 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C051
RGB	rgb(231, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, 1.93, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 59.42, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% 0.0009 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.135 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2926, 55.2854, 15.6471)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C051 #5178E7

analogous

#E77551 #E7C051 #C3E751

triadic

#E7C051 #51E7C0 #C051E7

tetradic

#E7C051 #51E775 #5178E7 #E751C3

square

#E7C051 #51E775 #5178E7 #E751C3

split-complementary

#E7C051 #51C3E7 #7551E7

monochromatic

#A78117 #DCAB1E #E7C051 #EED387 #F6E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E7C051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E7C051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C051

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C051	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d286',
    500: '#e7c051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c051;
$custom-light: #f2d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82152,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C051

secondary

#3452A8

accent

#42D80E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C051

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

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