#E8AE61#E8AE61

#E8AE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AE61
RGB	rgb(232, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 12.88, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 48.95, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0349 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.116 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5752, 48.2945, 17.9650)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AE61 #619BE8

analogous

#E86B61 #E8AE61 #DFE861

triadic

#E8AE61 #61E8AE #AE61E8

tetradic

#E8AE61 #61E86B #619BE8 #E861DF

square

#E8AE61 #61E86B #619BE8 #E861DF

split-complementary

#E8AE61 #61DFE8 #6B61E8

monochromatic

#B4721A #E0932C #E8AE61 #F0C996 #F8E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E8AE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E8AE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AE61

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AE61	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c690',
    500: '#e8ae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ae61;
$custom-light: #f3c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AE61

secondary

#BBCFEA

accent

#65D70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AE61

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

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