#E8AE52#E8AE52

#E8AE52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE52
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 11.87, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 55.50, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0299 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.128 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9408, 48.0408, 14.6235)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE52 #528CE8

analogous

#E86352 #E8AE52 #D7E852

triadic

#E8AE52 #52E8AE #AE52E8

tetradic

#E8AE52 #52E863 #528CE8 #E852D7

square

#E8AE52 #52E863 #528CE8 #E852D7

split-complementary

#E8AE52 #52D7E8 #6352E8

monochromatic

#A97016 #DF941E #E8AE52 #EFC788 #F6E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E8AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE52

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE52	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c686',
    500: '#e8ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae52;
$custom-light: #f3c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE52

secondary

#AFC5E7

accent

#5CD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE52

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

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