#E7C462#E7C462

#E7C462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.124 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C462
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 0.99, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 53.00, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0002 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.124 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9020, 57.3535, 19.7314)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C462 #6285E7

analogous

#E78262 #E7C462 #C7E762

triadic

#E7C462 #62E7C4 #C462E7

tetradic

#E7C462 #62E782 #6285E7 #E762C7

square

#E7C462 #62E782 #6285E7 #E762C7

split-complementary

#E7C462 #62C7E7 #8262E7

monochromatic

#B38B1B #DFB02D #E7C462 #EFD897 #F7ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E7C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C462

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C462	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.124 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d591',
    500: '#e7c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c462;
$custom-light: #f2d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83129,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C462

secondary

#3A5AB4

accent

#44D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C462

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