#E8AE53#E8AE53

#E8AE53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE53
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 11.93, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 55.07, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0302 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.127 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9791, 48.0561, 14.8253)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE53 #538DE8

analogous

#E86453 #E8AE53 #D8E853

triadic

#E8AE53 #53E8AE #AE53E8

tetradic

#E8AE53 #53E864 #538DE8 #E853D8

square

#E8AE53 #53E864 #538DE8 #E853D8

split-complementary

#E8AE53 #53D8E8 #6453E8

monochromatic

#AA7117 #E0941E #E8AE53 #EFC789 #F6E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E8AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE53

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE53	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)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c687',
    500: '#e8ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae53;
$custom-light: #f3c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE53

secondary

#B0C5E7

accent

#5CD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE53

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

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