#E8A156#E8A156

#E8A156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A156
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 19.03, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 52.42, 68.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0516 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.124 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7064, 43.3214, 14.6516)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A156 #569DE8

analogous

#E85856 #E8A156 #E6E856

triadic

#E8A156 #56E8A1 #A156E8

tetradic

#E8A156 #56E858 #569DE8 #E856E6

square

#E8A156 #56E858 #569DE8 #E856E6

split-complementary

#E8A156 #56E6E8 #5856E8

monochromatic

#AC6417 #E18320 #E8A156 #EFBF8C #F7DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E8A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#E8A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A156

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A156	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc88',
    500: '#e8a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a156;
$custom-light: #f4bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.822,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76369,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A156

secondary

#B2CCE8

accent

#70D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A156

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

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