#E8A659#E8A659

#E8A659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A659
RGB	rgb(232, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 16.57, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 51.52, 71.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0447 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.122 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7211, 45.1533, 15.5987)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A659 #599BE8

analogous

#E85F59 #E8A659 #E2E859

triadic

#E8A659 #59E8A6 #A659E8

tetradic

#E8A659 #59E85F #599BE8 #E859E2

square

#E8A659 #59E85F #599BE8 #E859E2

split-complementary

#E8A659 #59E2E8 #5F59E8

monochromatic

#AE6918 #E18923 #E8A659 #EFC38F #F7E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E8A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A659

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A659	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c08a',
    500: '#e8a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a659;
$custom-light: #f3c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77329,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A659

secondary

#B5CCE8

accent

#6BD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A659

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

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