#E8AE48#E8AE48

#E8AE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.135 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE48
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, 11.30, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 59.68, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0269 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.135 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5876, 47.8995, 12.7634)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE48 #4882E8

analogous

#E85E48 #E8AE48 #D2E848

triadic

#E8AE48 #48E8AE #AE48E8

tetradic

#E8AE48 #48E85E #4882E8 #E848D2

square

#E8AE48 #48E85E #4882E8 #E848D2

split-complementary

#E8AE48 #48D2E8 #5E48E8

monochromatic

#A16E14 #D8931B #E8AE48 #EFC67E #F6DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E8AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#E8AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE48

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE48	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.135 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c680',
    500: '#e8ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae48;
$custom-light: #f4c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78659,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE48

secondary

#A7BDE5

accent

#79F434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE48

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