#E8B250#E8B250

#E8B250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.130 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B250
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 9.63, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 57.00, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0231 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.13 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6501, 49.5793, 14.4899)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B250 #5086E8

analogous

#E86650 #E8B250 #D2E850

triadic

#E8B250 #50E8B2 #B250E8

tetradic

#E8B250 #50E866 #5086E8 #E850D2

square

#E8B250 #50E866 #5086E8 #E850D2

split-complementary

#E8B250 #50D2E8 #6650E8

monochromatic

#A87416 #DE991D #E8B250 #EFCA86 #F6E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E8B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B250

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B250	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.130 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c885',
    500: '#e8b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b250;
$custom-light: #f3c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.684,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79503,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B250

secondary

#ADC2E6

accent

#55D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B250

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

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