#E8B040#E8B040

#E8B040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B040
RGB	rgb(232, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 9.85, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 63.16, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0217 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.14 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7327, 48.5803, 11.6071)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B040 #4078E8

analogous

#E85C40 #E8B040 #CCE840

triadic

#E8B040 #40E8B0 #B040E8

tetradic

#E8B040 #40E85C #4078E8 #E840CC

square

#E8B040 #40E85C #4078E8 #E840CC

split-complementary

#E8B040 #40CCE8 #5C40E8

monochromatic

#9B6E13 #D29419 #E8B040 #EFC777 #F5DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E8B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E8B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B040

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B040	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c77b',
    500: '#e8b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b040;
$custom-light: #f4c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B040

secondary

#A0B7E3

accent

#74F533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B040

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

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