#E8A851#E8A851

#E8A851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.128 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A851
RGB	rgb(232, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 14.99, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 55.14, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0389 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.128 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7696, 45.7590, 14.0467)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A851 #5191E8

analogous

#E85D51 #E8A851 #DCE851

triadic

#E8A851 #51E8A8 #A851E8

tetradic

#E8A851 #51E85D #5191E8 #E851DC

square

#E8A851 #51E85D #5191E8 #E851DC

split-complementary

#E8A851 #51DCE8 #5D51E8

monochromatic

#A86A16 #DE8D1D #E8A851 #EFC387 #F6DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E8A851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#E8A851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A851

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A851	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.128 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c185',
    500: '#e8a851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a851;
$custom-light: #f4c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.57,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A851

secondary

#AEC6E7

accent

#63D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A851

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

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