#E8A957#E8A957

#E8A957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A957
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, 14.84, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 52.69, 73.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0393 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.123 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1900, 46.2236, 15.3463)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A957 #5796E8

analogous

#E86157 #E8A957 #DEE857

triadic

#E8A957 #57E8A9 #A957E8

tetradic

#E8A957 #57E861 #5796E8 #E857DE

square

#E8A957 #57E861 #5796E8 #E857DE

split-complementary

#E8A957 #57DEE8 #6157E8

monochromatic

#AD6C18 #E18D21 #E8A957 #EFC58D #F7E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E8A957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#E8A957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A957

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A957	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c289',
    500: '#e8a957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a957;
$custom-light: #f3c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.931,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A957

secondary

#B3CAE8

accent

#65D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A957

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

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