#E8B049#E8B049

#E8B049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B049
RGB	rgb(232, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 10.30, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 59.59, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0241 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.134 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0097, 48.6912, 13.0664)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B049 #4981E8

analogous

#E86149 #E8B049 #D0E849

triadic

#E8B049 #49E8B0 #B049E8

tetradic

#E8B049 #49E861 #4981E8 #E849D0

square

#E8B049 #49E861 #4981E8 #E849D0

split-complementary

#E8B049 #49D0E8 #6149E8

monochromatic

#A27014 #D8961B #E8B049 #EFC87F #F6DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E8B049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E8B049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B049

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B049	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c781',
    500: '#e8b049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b049;
$custom-light: #f4c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.868,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B049

secondary

#A8BDE5

accent

#77F434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B049

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

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