#E8B044#E8B044

#E8B044 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.138 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B044
RGB	rgb(232, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 70.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 10.04, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 61.60, 80.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0228 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.138 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8506, 48.6275, 12.2282)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B044 #447CE8

analogous

#E85E44 #E8B044 #CEE844

triadic

#E8B044 #44E8B0 #B044E8

tetradic

#E8B044 #44E85E #447CE8 #E844CE

square

#E8B044 #44E85E #447CE8 #E844CE

split-complementary

#E8B044 #44CEE8 #5E44E8

monochromatic

#9E6F13 #D5951A #E8B044 #EFC77A #F5DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E8B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E8B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B044

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B044	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)

#C7B136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.138 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c77e',
    500: '#e8b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b044;
$custom-light: #f4c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 78.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79007,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B044

secondary

#A4BAE4

accent

#75F533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B044

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

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