#E8AE57#E8AE57

#E8AE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.124 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE57
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 12.19, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 53.34, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0315 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.124 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1380, 48.1196, 15.6623)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE57 #5791E8

analogous

#E86657 #E8AE57 #D9E857

triadic

#E8AE57 #57E8AE #AE57E8

tetradic

#E8AE57 #57E866 #5791E8 #E857D9

square

#E8AE57 #57E866 #5791E8 #E857D9

split-complementary

#E8AE57 #57D9E8 #6657E8

monochromatic

#AD7118 #E19421 #E8AE57 #EFC88D #F7E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E8AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE57

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE57	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)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.124 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c689',
    500: '#e8ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae57;
$custom-light: #f3c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE57

secondary

#B3C8E8

accent

#5ED80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE57

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

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