#E8AE59#E8AE59

#E8AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE59
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 12.32, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 52.47, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0322 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.122 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2209, 48.1528, 16.0986)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE59 #5993E8

analogous

#E86659 #E8AE59 #DBE859

triadic

#E8AE59 #59E8AE #AE59E8

tetradic

#E8AE59 #59E866 #5993E8 #E859DB

square

#E8AE59 #59E866 #5993E8 #E859DB

split-complementary

#E8AE59 #59DBE8 #6659E8

monochromatic

#AE7118 #E19423 #E8AE59 #EFC88F #F7E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E8AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE59

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE59	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c68a',
    500: '#e8ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae59;
$custom-light: #f3c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.664,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE59

secondary

#B5CAE8

accent

#60D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE59

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

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