#E8B252#E8B252

#E8B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B252
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 9.76, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 56.15, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0237 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.129 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7251, 49.6093, 14.8849)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B252 #5288E8

analogous

#E86752 #E8B252 #D3E852

triadic

#E8B252 #52E8B2 #B252E8

tetradic

#E8B252 #52E867 #5288E8 #E852D3

square

#E8B252 #52E867 #5288E8 #E852D3

split-complementary

#E8B252 #52D3E8 #6752E8

monochromatic

#A97416 #DF991E #E8B252 #EFCA88 #F6E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E8B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B252

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B252	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)

#C7B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c886',
    500: '#e8b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b252;
$custom-light: #f3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79524,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B252

secondary

#AFC3E7

accent

#56D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B252

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

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