#E8A051#E8A051

#E8A051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.128 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A051
RGB	rgb(232, 160, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 19.25, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 54.45, 69.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0515 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.128 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3379, 42.8955, 13.5695)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A051 #5199E8

analogous

#E85551 #E8A051 #E4E851

triadic

#E8A051 #51E8A0 #A051E8

tetradic

#E8A051 #51E855 #5199E8 #E851E4

square

#E8A051 #51E855 #5199E8 #E851E4

split-complementary

#E8A051 #51E4E8 #5551E8

monochromatic

#A86316 #DE821D #E8A051 #EFBE87 #F6DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E8A051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E8A051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A051

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A051	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.128 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc85',
    500: '#e8a051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a051;
$custom-light: #f4bc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.391,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A051

secondary

#AEC9E7

accent

#6ED90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A051

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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