#E8B156#E8B156

#E8B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B156
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 10.53, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 54.25, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0265 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.125 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6835, 49.2755, 15.6439)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B156 #568DE8

analogous

#E86856 #E8B156 #D6E856

triadic

#E8B156 #56E8B1 #B156E8

tetradic

#E8B156 #56E868 #568DE8 #E856D6

square

#E8B156 #56E868 #568DE8 #E856D6

split-complementary

#E8B156 #56D6E8 #6856E8

monochromatic

#AC7417 #E19820 #E8B156 #EFCA8C #F7E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E8B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B156

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B156	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c889',
    500: '#e8b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b156;
$custom-light: #f3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79374,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B156

secondary

#B2C6E8

accent

#5AD80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B156

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

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