#E7C769#E7C769
#E7C769 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.119 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C769 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 199, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 54.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.21, -0.03, 50.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.21, 50.65, 90.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.81% -0.0019 0.1192) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.81% 0.119 90.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9305, 58.8584, 21.7766) |
| Luminance | 0.5886 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.61
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.43
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.88
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.08
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C769 #6989E7
analogous
#E78869 #E7C769 #C8E769
triadic
#E7C769 #69E7C7 #C769E7
tetradic
#E7C769 #69E788 #6989E7 #E769C8
square
#E7C769 #69E788 #6989E7 #E769C8
split-complementary
#E7C769 #69C8E7 #8869E7
monochromatic
#B8911D #DFB334 #E7C769 #EFDB9E #F8EED3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#E7C769 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.77
#E7C769 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C769
12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C769 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C769 | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.77 | 12.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C460
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CE6D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c769; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.119 90.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d796',
500: '#e7c769',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c769; $custom-light: #f1d796; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c769",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 199,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.762,
"s": 72.414,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83813,
"c": 0.11924,
"h": 90.9
},
"luminance": 0.58856
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C769
secondary
#3C5CB8
accent
#43D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F