#E7C255#E7C255

#E7C255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C255
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, 1.14, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 58.23, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0009 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.133 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8891, 56.2314, 16.6079)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C255 #557AE7

analogous

#E77955 #E7C255 #C3E755

triadic

#E7C255 #55E7C2 #C255E7

tetradic

#E7C255 #55E779 #557AE7 #E755C3

square

#E7C255 #55E779 #557AE7 #E755C3

split-complementary

#E7C255 #55C3E7 #7955E7

monochromatic

#AA8518 #DFAF20 #E7C255 #EFD58B #F6E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E7C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E7C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C255

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C255	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d489',
    500: '#e7c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c255;
$custom-light: #f2d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C255

secondary

#3553AB

accent

#41D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C255

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

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