#E8A428#E8A428

#E8A428 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.150 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A428
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 82.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 15.32, 68.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 69.89, 77.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0349 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.15 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9407, 43.8640, 8.0015)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A428 #286CE8

analogous

#E84428 #E8A428 #CCE828

triadic

#E8A428 #28E8A4 #A428E8

tetradic

#E8A428 #28E844 #286CE8 #E828CC

square

#E8A428 #28E844 #286CE8 #E828CC

split-complementary

#E8A428 #28CCE8 #4428E8

monochromatic

#875C0E #BE8214 #E8A428 #EEBB5F #F4D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E8A428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E8A428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A428

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A428	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.150 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5be6e',
    500: '#e8a428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a428;
$custom-light: #f5be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 80.672,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76542,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A428

secondary

#8DAADF

accent

#77F731

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A428

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

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