#E7C153#E7C153
#E7C153 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C153 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 193, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.47, 1.53, 58.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.47, 58.83, 88.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.37% 0 0.1341) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.37% 0.134 90) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5890, 55.7564, 16.1214) |
| Luminance | 0.5575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.95
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.24
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.85
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.29
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.45
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C153 #5379E7
analogous
#E77753 #E7C153 #C3E753
triadic
#E7C153 #53E7C1 #C153E7
tetradic
#E7C153 #53E777 #5379E7 #E753C3
square
#E7C153 #53E777 #5379E7 #E753C3
split-complementary
#E7C153 #53C3E7 #7753E7
monochromatic
#A88317 #DEAD1F #E7C153 #EED489 #F6E8BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E7C153 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.15
#E7C153 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C153
12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C153 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C153 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.15 | 12.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BF47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC958
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B2A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c153; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 193, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.134 90.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d388',
500: '#e7c153',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c153; $custom-light: #f2d388; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c153",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 193,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.595,
"s": 75.51,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8237,
"c": 0.13409,
"h": 90
},
"luminance": 0.55753
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C153
secondary
#3453AA
accent
#42D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F