#E8A856#E8A856

#E8A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.124 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A856
RGB	rgb(232, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 15.31, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 53.01, 73.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0406 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.124 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9641, 45.8367, 15.0708)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A856 #5696E8

analogous

#E85F56 #E8A856 #DFE856

triadic

#E8A856 #56E8A8 #A856E8

tetradic

#E8A856 #56E85F #5696E8 #E856DF

square

#E8A856 #56E85F #5696E8 #E856DF

split-complementary

#E8A856 #56DFE8 #5F56E8

monochromatic

#AC6B17 #E18C20 #E8A856 #EFC48C #F7DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E8A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#E8A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A856

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A856	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.124 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c188',
    500: '#e8a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a856;
$custom-light: #f3c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.699,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77667,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A856

secondary

#B2CAE8

accent

#66D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A856

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

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