#E8B159#E8B159

#E8B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.123 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B159
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 10.73, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 52.94, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0275 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.123 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8069, 49.3249, 16.2939)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B159 #5990E8

analogous

#E86959 #E8B159 #D7E859

triadic

#E8B159 #59E8B1 #B159E8

tetradic

#E8B159 #59E869 #5990E8 #E859D7

square

#E8B159 #59E869 #5990E8 #E859D7

split-complementary

#E8B159 #59D7E8 #6959E8

monochromatic

#AE7518 #E19823 #E8B159 #EFCA8F #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E8B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B159

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B159	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)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.123 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c88b',
    500: '#e8b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b159;
$custom-light: #f3c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B159

secondary

#B5C8E8

accent

#5BD80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B159

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

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