#E8AA51#E8AA51

#E8AA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AA51
RGB	rgb(232, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 13.93, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 55.38, 75.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0358 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.128 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1417, 46.5031, 14.1708)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AA51 #518FE8

analogous

#E85F51 #E8AA51 #DBE851

triadic

#E8AA51 #51E8AA #AA51E8

tetradic

#E8AA51 #51E85F #518FE8 #E851DB

square

#E8AA51 #51E85F #518FE8 #E851DB

split-complementary

#E8AA51 #51DBE8 #5F51E8

monochromatic

#A86C16 #DE8F1D #E8AA51 #EFC487 #F6DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E8AA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#E8AA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AA51

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AA51	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8aa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c385',
    500: '#e8aa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8aa51;
$custom-light: #f4c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8aa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AA51

secondary

#AEC5E7

accent

#60D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AA51

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

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