#E8AA56#E8AA56

#E8AA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AA56
RGB	rgb(232, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 14.24, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 53.24, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0374 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.124 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3362, 46.5809, 15.1948)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AA56 #5694E8

analogous

#E86156 #E8AA56 #DDE856

triadic

#E8AA56 #56E8AA #AA56E8

tetradic

#E8AA56 #56E861 #5694E8 #E856DD

square

#E8AA56 #56E861 #5694E8 #E856DD

split-complementary

#E8AA56 #56DDE8 #6156E8

monochromatic

#AC6D17 #E18F20 #E8AA56 #EFC58C #F7E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E8AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#E8AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AA56

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AA56	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c388',
    500: '#e8aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8aa56;
$custom-light: #f3c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AA56

secondary

#B2C9E8

accent

#63D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AA56

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

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