#E8AE4D#E8AE4D

#E8AE4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.131 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE4D
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, 11.58, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 57.62, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0284 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.131 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7574, 47.9674, 13.6577)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE4D #4D87E8

analogous

#E8604D #E8AE4D #D5E84D

triadic

#E8AE4D #4DE8AE #AE4DE8

tetradic

#E8AE4D #4DE860 #4D87E8 #E84DD5

square

#E8AE4D #4DE860 #4D87E8 #E84DD5

split-complementary

#E8AE4D #4DD5E8 #604DE8

monochromatic

#A56F15 #DB941C #E8AE4D #EFC783 #F6DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#E8AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE4D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE4D	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.131 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c683',
    500: '#e8ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae4d;
$custom-light: #f4c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.548,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE4D

secondary

#ABC1E6

accent

#59D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE4D

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

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