#E8AD4A#E8AD4A

#E8AD4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AD4A
RGB	rgb(232, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 11.94, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 58.72, 78.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.029 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.133 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4614, 47.5411, 13.0485)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AD4A #4A85E8

analogous

#E85E4A #E8AD4A #D4E84A

triadic

#E8AD4A #4AE8AD #AD4AE8

tetradic

#E8AD4A #4AE85E #4A85E8 #E84AD4

square

#E8AD4A #4AE85E #4A85E8 #E84AD4

split-complementary

#E8AD4A #4AD4E8 #5E4AE8

monochromatic

#A36E15 #D9921C #E8AD4A #EFC680 #F6DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E8AD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#E8AD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AD4A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AD4A	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c581',
    500: '#e8ad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ad4a;
$custom-light: #f4c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.595,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AD4A

secondary

#A8BFE5

accent

#7CF434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AD4A

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

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