#E7C151#E7C151

#E7C151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.136 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C151
RGB	rgb(231, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, 1.41, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 59.68, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0006 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.136 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5129, 55.7260, 15.7206)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C151 #5177E7

analogous

#E77651 #E7C151 #C2E751

triadic

#E7C151 #51E7C1 #C151E7

tetradic

#E7C151 #51E776 #5177E7 #E751C2

square

#E7C151 #51E776 #5177E7 #E751C2

split-complementary

#E7C151 #51C2E7 #7651E7

monochromatic

#A78217 #DCAC1E #E7C151 #EED487 #F6E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E7C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E7C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C151

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C151	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.136 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d387',
    500: '#e7c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c151;
$custom-light: #f2d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82351,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C151

secondary

#3451A8

accent

#41D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C151

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

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