#E8A342#E8A342

#E8A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A342
RGB	rgb(232, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 16.84, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 60.77, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0423 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.137 72)
XYZ	xyz(47.3626, 43.7475, 11.1029)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A342 #4287E8

analogous

#E85042 #E8A342 #DAE842

triadic

#E8A342 #42E8A3 #A342E8

tetradic

#E8A342 #42E850 #4287E8 #E842DA

square

#E8A342 #42E850 #4287E8 #E842DA

split-complementary

#E8A342 #42DAE8 #5042E8

monochromatic

#9D6313 #D3861A #E8A342 #EFBE79 #F5D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E8A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E8A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A342

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A342	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be7b',
    500: '#e8a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a342;
$custom-light: #f4be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.06,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.43744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A342

secondary

#A2BDE4

accent

#84F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A342

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

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