#E8A559#E8A559

#E8A559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.122 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A559
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 17.10, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 51.43, 70.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0463 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.122 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5400, 44.7912, 15.5383)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A559 #599CE8

analogous

#E85D59 #E8A559 #E3E859

triadic

#E8A559 #59E8A5 #A559E8

tetradic

#E8A559 #59E85D #599CE8 #E859E3

square

#E8A559 #59E85D #599CE8 #E859E3

split-complementary

#E8A559 #59E3E8 #5D59E8

monochromatic

#AE6818 #E18823 #E8A559 #EFC28F #F7DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E8A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#E8A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A559

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A559	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.122 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf8a',
    500: '#e8a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a559;
$custom-light: #f3bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.888,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A559

secondary

#B5CDE8

accent

#6CD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A559

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

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