#E7C565#E7C565
#E7C565 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.122 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C565 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 197, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 56.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.66, 0.69, 51.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.66, 51.91, 89.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.36% -0.0002 0.1216) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.36% 0.122 90.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2726, 57.8638, 20.5669) |
| Luminance | 0.5786 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.27
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.34
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.60
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.51
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.58
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 6.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C565 #6587E7
analogous
#E78465 #E7C565 #C8E765
triadic
#E7C565 #65E7C5 #C565E7
tetradic
#E7C565 #65E784 #6587E7 #E765C8
square
#E7C565 #65E784 #6587E7 #E765C8
split-complementary
#E7C565 #65C8E7 #8465E7
monochromatic
#B58D1C #DFB130 #E7C565 #EFD99A #F8EDCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E7C565 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.57
#E7C565 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C565
12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C565 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C565 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.57 | 12.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C35C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC69
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B7AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c565; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.122 90.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d693',
500: '#e7c565',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c565; $custom-light: #f1d693; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c565",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 197,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.308,
"s": 73.034,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83364,
"c": 0.12156,
"h": 90.1
},
"luminance": 0.57861
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C565
secondary
#3B5BB5
accent
#44D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F