#E8B149#E8B149

#E8B149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.135 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B149
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 9.77, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 59.75, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0226 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.135 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2065, 49.0847, 13.1320)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B149 #4980E8

analogous

#E86149 #E8B149 #D0E849

triadic

#E8B149 #49E8B1 #B149E8

tetradic

#E8B149 #49E861 #4980E8 #E849D0

square

#E8B149 #49E861 #4980E8 #E849D0

split-complementary

#E8B149 #49D0E8 #6149E8

monochromatic

#A27114 #D8971B #E8B149 #EFC87F #F6E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E8B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E8B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B149

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B149	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.135 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c881',
    500: '#e8b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b149;
$custom-light: #f4c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.245,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B149

secondary

#A8BDE5

accent

#76F434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B149

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

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