#E8A859#E8A859

#E8A859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.122 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A859
RGB	rgb(232, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 15.50, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 51.72, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0415 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.122 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0875, 45.8861, 15.7208)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A859 #5999E8

analogous

#E86059 #E8A859 #E0E859

triadic

#E8A859 #59E8A8 #A859E8

tetradic

#E8A859 #59E860 #5999E8 #E859E0

square

#E8A859 #59E860 #5999E8 #E859E0

split-complementary

#E8A859 #59E0E8 #6059E8

monochromatic

#AE6B18 #E18C23 #E8A859 #EFC48F #F7E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E8A859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E8A859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A859

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A859	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.122 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c18a',
    500: '#e8a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a859;
$custom-light: #f3c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.147,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A859

secondary

#B5CCE8

accent

#68D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A859

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

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