#E8AC51#E8AC51

#E8AC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AC51
RGB	rgb(232, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 12.87, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 55.64, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0327 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.128 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5195, 47.2586, 14.2967)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AC51 #518DE8

analogous

#E86151 #E8AC51 #D9E851

triadic

#E8AC51 #51E8AC #AC51E8

tetradic

#E8AC51 #51E861 #518DE8 #E851D9

square

#E8AC51 #51E861 #518DE8 #E851D9

split-complementary

#E8AC51 #51D9E8 #6151E8

monochromatic

#A86E16 #DE921D #E8AC51 #EFC687 #F6E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E8AC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#E8AC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AC51

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AC51	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c485',
    500: '#e8ac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ac51;
$custom-light: #f3c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78366,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AC51

secondary

#AEC5E7

accent

#5ED90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AC51

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

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