#E8A259#E8A259

#E8A259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A259
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 18.70, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 51.22, 68.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.051 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.122 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0053, 43.7216, 15.3601)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A259 #599FE8

analogous

#E85A59 #E8A259 #E7E859

triadic

#E8A259 #59E8A2 #A259E8

tetradic

#E8A259 #59E85A #599FE8 #E859E7

square

#E8A259 #59E85A #599FE8 #E859E7

split-complementary

#E8A259 #59E7E8 #5A59E8

monochromatic

#AE6518 #E18423 #E8A259 #EFC08F #F7DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E8A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A259

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A259	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)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd8a',
    500: '#e8a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a259;
$custom-light: #f3bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.629,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76589,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A259

secondary

#B5CEE8

accent

#71D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A259

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

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