#E8AD45#E8AD45

#E8AD45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AD45
RGB	rgb(232, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 11.68, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 60.75, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0276 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.136 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2996, 47.4764, 12.1964)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AD45 #4580E8

analogous

#E85C45 #E8AD45 #D2E845

triadic

#E8AD45 #45E8AD #AD45E8

tetradic

#E8AD45 #45E85C #4580E8 #E845D2

square

#E8AD45 #45E85C #4580E8 #E845D2

split-complementary

#E8AD45 #45D2E8 #5C45E8

monochromatic

#9F6D14 #D5921A #E8AD45 #EFC57B #F5DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E8AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E8AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AD45

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AD45	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c57e',
    500: '#e8ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ad45;
$custom-light: #f4c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.282,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78441,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AD45

secondary

#A4BCE4

accent

#79F433

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AD45

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

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