#E7C463#E7C463
#E7C463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.123 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C463 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 196, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 57.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.39, 1.06, 52.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.39, 52.54, 88.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.14% 0.0006 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.14% 0.123 89.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.9495, 57.3725, 19.9816) |
| Luminance | 0.5737 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.61
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.38
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.74
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.84
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.85
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C463 #6386E7
analogous
#E78263 #E7C463 #C8E763
triadic
#E7C463 #63E7C4 #C463E7
tetradic
#E7C463 #63E782 #6386E7 #E763C8
square
#E7C463 #63E782 #6386E7 #E763C8
split-complementary
#E7C463 #63C8E7 #8263E7
monochromatic
#B48C1C #DFB02E #E7C463 #EFD898 #F7ECCD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E7C463 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.47
#E7C463 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C463
12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C463 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C463 | 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)
#D7C25A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCC67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B6AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c463; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.123 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d592',
500: '#e7c463',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c463; $custom-light: #f1d592; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c463",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 196,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.091,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83141,
"c": 0.1227,
"h": 89.7
},
"luminance": 0.5737
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C463
secondary
#3A5AB4
accent
#44D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F