#E8B051#E8B051

#E8B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.129 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B051
RGB	rgb(232, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 10.75, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 56.24, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0265 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.129 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2922, 48.8042, 14.5543)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B051 #5189E8

analogous

#E86551 #E8B051 #D5E851

triadic

#E8B051 #51E8B0 #B051E8

tetradic

#E8B051 #51E865 #5189E8 #E851D5

square

#E8B051 #51E865 #5189E8 #E851D5

split-complementary

#E8B051 #51D5E8 #6551E8

monochromatic

#A87216 #DE971D #E8B051 #EFC987 #F6E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E8B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#E8B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B051

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B051	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.129 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c785',
    500: '#e8b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b051;
$custom-light: #f3c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79129,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B051

secondary

#AEC3E7

accent

#58D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B051

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

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