#E8AD4E#E8AD4E

#E8AD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.130 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AD4E
RGB	rgb(232, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 12.16, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 57.05, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0302 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.13 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6005, 47.5967, 13.7809)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AD4E #4E89E8

analogous

#E8604E #E8AD4E #D6E84E

triadic

#E8AD4E #4EE8AD #AD4EE8

tetradic

#E8AD4E #4EE860 #4E89E8 #E84ED6

square

#E8AD4E #4EE860 #4E89E8 #E84ED6

split-complementary

#E8AD4E #4ED6E8 #604EE8

monochromatic

#A66F16 #DC931D #E8AD4E #EFC684 #F6DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E8AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E8AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AD4E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AD4E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.130 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c583',
    500: '#e8ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ad4e;
$custom-light: #f4c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.013,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78526,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AD4E

secondary

#ACC2E6

accent

#5BD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AD4E

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

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