#E8B251#E8B251

#E8B251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B251
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 9.69, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 56.58, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.129 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6873, 49.5942, 14.6860)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B251 #5187E8

analogous

#E86751 #E8B251 #D3E851

triadic

#E8B251 #51E8B2 #B251E8

tetradic

#E8B251 #51E867 #5187E8 #E851D3

square

#E8B251 #51E867 #5187E8 #E851D3

split-complementary

#E8B251 #51D3E8 #6751E8

monochromatic

#A87416 #DE991D #E8B251 #EFCA87 #F6E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E8B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B251

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B251	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)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c886',
    500: '#e8b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b251;
$custom-light: #f3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B251

secondary

#AEC2E7

accent

#56D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B251

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

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