#E8AF40#E8AF40

#E8AF40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8AF40
RGB	rgb(232, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 10.38, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 63.01, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0232 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.14 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5373, 48.1896, 11.5420)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8AF40 #4079E8

analogous

#E85B40 #E8AF40 #CDE840

triadic

#E8AF40 #40E8AF #AF40E8

tetradic

#E8AF40 #40E85B #4079E8 #E840CD

square

#E8AF40 #40E85B #4079E8 #E840CD

split-complementary

#E8AF40 #40CDE8 #5B40E8

monochromatic

#9B6D13 #D29319 #E8AF40 #EFC677 #F5DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E8AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E8AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8AF40

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8AF40	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c67b',
    500: '#e8af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8af40;
$custom-light: #f4c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78783,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8AF40

secondary

#A0B7E3

accent

#75F533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8AF40

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