#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
RGBrgb(232, 178, 73)
HSLhsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.75, 9.24, 59.21)
CIE-LCHlch(75.75, 59.93, 81.13°)
OKLaboklab(79.44% 0.0211 0.1333)
OKLCHoklch(79.44% 0.135 81)
XYZxyz(50.4048, 49.4812, 13.1981)
Luminance0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##E8B2491.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

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

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#E8B249 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva