#E8A157#E8A157

#E8A157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A157
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 19.09, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 52.00, 68.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0519 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.124 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7470, 43.3376, 14.8653)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A157 #579EE8

analogous

#E85957 #E8A157 #E6E857

triadic

#E8A157 #57E8A1 #A157E8

tetradic

#E8A157 #57E859 #579EE8 #E857E6

square

#E8A157 #57E859 #579EE8 #E857E6

split-complementary

#E8A157 #57E6E8 #5957E8

monochromatic

#AD6418 #E18321 #E8A157 #EFBF8D #F7DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E8A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#E8A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A157

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A157	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd89',
    500: '#e8a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a157;
$custom-light: #f4bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.621,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A157

secondary

#B3CDE8

accent

#71D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A157

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

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