#E8AD59#E8AD59

#E8AD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AD59
RGB	rgb(232, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 12.85, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 52.33, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0337 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.122 74)
XYZ	xyz(50.0284, 47.7678, 16.0344)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AD59 #5994E8

analogous

#E86659 #E8AD59 #DBE859

triadic

#E8AD59 #59E8AD #AD59E8

tetradic

#E8AD59 #59E866 #5994E8 #E859DB

square

#E8AD59 #59E866 #5994E8 #E859DB

split-complementary

#E8AD59 #59DBE8 #6659E8

monochromatic

#AE7018 #E19223 #E8AD59 #EFC88F #F7E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E8AD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E8AD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AD59

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AD59	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c58a',
    500: '#e8ad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ad59;
$custom-light: #f3c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.245,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AD59

secondary

#B5CAE8

accent

#61D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AD59

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

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