#E8A951#E8A951

#E8A951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A951
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 14.46, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 55.25, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0374 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.128 73)
XYZ	xyz(48.9550, 46.1296, 14.1085)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A951 #5190E8

analogous

#E85E51 #E8A951 #DCE851

triadic

#E8A951 #51E8A9 #A951E8

tetradic

#E8A951 #51E85E #5190E8 #E851DC

square

#E8A951 #51E85E #5190E8 #E851DC

split-complementary

#E8A951 #51DCE8 #5E51E8

monochromatic

#A86B16 #DE8E1D #E8A951 #EFC487 #F6DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E8A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#E8A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A951

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A951	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c285',
    500: '#e8a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a951;
$custom-light: #f4c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.967,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.778,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.46126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A951

secondary

#AEC6E7

accent

#62D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A951

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

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