#E8A256#E8A256

#E8A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.124 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A256
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 18.50, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 52.48, 69.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.05 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.124 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8819, 43.6723, 14.7101)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A256 #569CE8

analogous

#E85956 #E8A256 #E5E856

triadic

#E8A256 #56E8A2 #A256E8

tetradic

#E8A256 #56E859 #569CE8 #E856E5

square

#E8A256 #56E859 #569CE8 #E856E5

split-complementary

#E8A256 #56E5E8 #5956E8

monochromatic

#AC6517 #E18420 #E8A256 #EFC08C #F7DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#E8A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A256

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A256	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.124 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd88',
    500: '#e8a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a256;
$custom-light: #f4bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A256

secondary

#B2CCE8

accent

#6FD80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A256

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

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