#E8B157#E8B157

#E8B157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B157
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 10.60, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 53.82, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% 0.0268 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.125 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7241, 49.2917, 15.8576)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B157 #578EE8

analogous

#E86857 #E8B157 #D7E857

triadic

#E8B157 #57E8B1 #B157E8

tetradic

#E8B157 #57E868 #578EE8 #E857D7

square

#E8B157 #57E868 #578EE8 #E857D7

split-complementary

#E8B157 #57D7E8 #6857E8

monochromatic

#AD7418 #E19821 #E8B157 #EFCA8D #F7E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E8B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B157

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B157	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c889',
    500: '#e8b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b157;
$custom-light: #f3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79385,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B157

secondary

#B3C7E8

accent

#5AD80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B157

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

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