#E7C263#E7C263
#E7C263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.121 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C263 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 194, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 57.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.88, 2.10, 51.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.88, 51.99, 87.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.74% 0.0036 0.1214) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.74% 0.121 88.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5014, 56.4763, 19.8323) |
| Luminance | 0.5647 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.11
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.37
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.85
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.25
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C263 #6388E7
analogous
#E78063 #E7C263 #CAE763
triadic
#E7C263 #63E7C2 #C263E7
tetradic
#E7C263 #63E780 #6388E7 #E763CA
square
#E7C263 #63E780 #6388E7 #E763CA
split-complementary
#E7C263 #63CAE7 #8063E7
monochromatic
#B4891C #DFAD2E #E7C263 #EFD798 #F7EBCD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#E7C263 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.29
#E7C263 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C263
12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C263 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C263 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.29 | 12.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C05A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DECA67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B4AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c263; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.121 88.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d492',
500: '#e7c263',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c263; $custom-light: #f2d492; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c263",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 194,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.182,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82743,
"c": 0.12148,
"h": 88.3
},
"luminance": 0.56473
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C263
secondary
#3A5CB4
accent
#47D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F