#E8B151#E8B151

#E8B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.129 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B151
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 10.22, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 56.41, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.025 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.129 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4890, 49.1977, 14.6199)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B151 #5188E8

analogous

#E86651 #E8B151 #D3E851

triadic

#E8B151 #51E8B1 #B151E8

tetradic

#E8B151 #51E866 #5188E8 #E851D3

square

#E8B151 #51E866 #5188E8 #E851D3

split-complementary

#E8B151 #51D3E8 #6651E8

monochromatic

#A87316 #DE981D #E8B151 #EFC987 #F6E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E8B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E8B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B151

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B151	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.129 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c886',
    500: '#e8b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b151;
$custom-light: #f3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B151

secondary

#AEC3E7

accent

#57D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B151

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

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