#E8B249#E8B249

#E8B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.135 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B249
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 9.24, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 59.93, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0211 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.135 81)
XYZ	xyz(50.4048, 49.4812, 13.1981)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B249 #497FE8

analogous

#E86349 #E8B249 #CEE849

triadic

#E8B249 #49E8B2 #B249E8

tetradic

#E8B249 #49E863 #497FE8 #E849CE

square

#E8B249 #49E863 #497FE8 #E849CE

split-complementary

#E8B249 #49CEE8 #6349E8

monochromatic

#A27214 #D8981B #E8B249 #EFC97F #F6E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E8B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B249

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B249	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.135 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c881',
    500: '#e8b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b249;
$custom-light: #f4c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79436,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.49478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B249

secondary

#A8BDE5

accent

#75F434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B249

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

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