#E8AE50#E8AE50

#E8AE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.129 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE50
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, 11.75, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 56.35, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0293 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.129 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8658, 48.0108, 14.2285)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE50 #508AE8

analogous

#E86250 #E8AE50 #D6E850

triadic

#E8AE50 #50E8AE #AE50E8

tetradic

#E8AE50 #50E862 #508AE8 #E850D6

square

#E8AE50 #50E862 #508AE8 #E850D6

split-complementary

#E8AE50 #50D6E8 #6250E8

monochromatic

#A87016 #DE941D #E8AE50 #EFC786 #F6E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#E8AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE50

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE50	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.129 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c685',
    500: '#e8ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae50;
$custom-light: #f3c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.105,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78736,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE50

secondary

#ADC3E6

accent

#5BD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE50

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

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