#E8A459#E8A459

#E8A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A459
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 17.63, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 51.36, 69.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0478 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.122 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3604, 44.4319, 15.4784)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A459 #599DE8

analogous

#E85D59 #E8A459 #E4E859

triadic

#E8A459 #59E8A4 #A459E8

tetradic

#E8A459 #59E85D #599DE8 #E859E4

square

#E8A459 #59E85D #599DE8 #E859E4

split-complementary

#E8A459 #59E4E8 #5D59E8

monochromatic

#AE6718 #E18723 #E8A459 #EFC18F #F7DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E8A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E8A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A459

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A459	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf8a',
    500: '#e8a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a459;
$custom-light: #f3bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.469,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76958,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A459

secondary

#B5CDE8

accent

#6ED80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A459

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

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