#E7C273#E7C273
#E7C273 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.107 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C273 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 194, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(41, 71%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(41, 50%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 50.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.07, 3.41, 44.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.07, 44.52, 85.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.96% 0.0093 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.96% 0.107 85) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.3434, 56.8131, 24.2673) |
| Luminance | 0.5681 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.35
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.93
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.01
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.41
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.97
Sandstone
#C9AE74
ΔE00 7.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C273 #7398E7
analogous
#E78873 #E7C273 #D2E773
triadic
#E7C273 #73E7C2 #C273E7
tetradic
#E7C273 #73E788 #7398E7 #E773D2
square
#E7C273 #73E788 #7398E7 #E773D2
split-complementary
#E7C273 #73D2E7 #8873E7
monochromatic
#BF8C21 #DEAB3F #E7C273 #F0D9A7 #F9F0DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.70
#E7C273 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.36
#E7C273 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C273
12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C273 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C273 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 12.36 | 12.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C16C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCCB76
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B5AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c273; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.107 85.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d49d',
500: '#e7c273',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c273; $custom-light: #f1d49d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c273",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 194,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 40.862,
"s": 70.732,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82955,
"c": 0.10671,
"h": 85
},
"luminance": 0.5681
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C273
secondary
#4068BE
accent
#50D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F