#E8AE51#E8AE51

#E8AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE51
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 11.81, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 55.93, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0296 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.128 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9030, 48.0256, 14.4245)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE51 #518BE8

analogous

#E86351 #E8AE51 #D6E851

triadic

#E8AE51 #51E8AE #AE51E8

tetradic

#E8AE51 #51E863 #518BE8 #E851D6

square

#E8AE51 #51E863 #518BE8 #E851D6

split-complementary

#E8AE51 #51D6E8 #6351E8

monochromatic

#A87016 #DE941D #E8AE51 #EFC787 #F6E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#E8AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE51

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE51	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)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c685',
    500: '#e8ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae51;
$custom-light: #f3c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE51

secondary

#AEC4E7

accent

#5BD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE51

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

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