#E8B155#E8B155

#E8B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.126 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B155
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, 10.47, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 54.69, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0262 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.126 78)
XYZ	xyz(50.6435, 49.2595, 15.4332)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B155 #558CE8

analogous

#E86855 #E8B155 #D6E855

triadic

#E8B155 #55E8B1 #B155E8

tetradic

#E8B155 #55E868 #558CE8 #E855D6

square

#E8B155 #55E868 #558CE8 #E855D6

split-complementary

#E8B155 #55D6E8 #6855E8

monochromatic

#AB7417 #E1981F #E8B155 #EFCA8B #F7E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E8B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E8B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B155

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B155	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.126 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c888',
    500: '#e8b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b155;
$custom-light: #f3c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.49256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B155

secondary

#B1C6E7

accent

#59D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B155

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

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