#E8AE55#E8AE55

#E8AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.125 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE55
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, 12.06, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 54.21, 77.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0309 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.125 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0574, 48.0874, 15.2379)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE55 #558FE8

analogous

#E86555 #E8AE55 #D8E855

triadic

#E8AE55 #55E8AE #AE55E8

tetradic

#E8AE55 #55E865 #558FE8 #E855D8

square

#E8AE55 #55E865 #558FE8 #E855D8

split-complementary

#E8AE55 #55D8E8 #6555E8

monochromatic

#AB7117 #E1941F #E8AE55 #EFC88B #F7E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E8AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE55

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE55	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.125 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c688',
    500: '#e8ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae55;
$custom-light: #f3c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.327,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE55

secondary

#B1C7E7

accent

#5DD80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE55

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

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