#E8A257#E8A257

#E8A257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.124 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A257
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 18.56, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 52.06, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0503 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.124 66)
XYZ	xyz(47.9224, 43.6885, 14.9237)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A257 #579DE8

analogous

#E85957 #E8A257 #E6E857

triadic

#E8A257 #57E8A2 #A257E8

tetradic

#E8A257 #57E859 #579DE8 #E857E6

square

#E8A257 #57E859 #579DE8 #E857E6

split-complementary

#E8A257 #57E6E8 #5957E8

monochromatic

#AD6518 #E18421 #E8A257 #EFC08D #F7DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E8A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A257

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A257	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.124 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd89',
    500: '#e8a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a257;
$custom-light: #f3bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A257

secondary

#B3CCE8

accent

#6FD80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A257

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

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