#E8B253#E8B253

#E8B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B253
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 9.82, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 55.72, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.024 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.128 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7634, 49.6247, 15.0868)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B253 #5389E8

analogous

#E86853 #E8B253 #D4E853

triadic

#E8B253 #53E8B2 #B253E8

tetradic

#E8B253 #53E868 #5389E8 #E853D4

square

#E8B253 #53E868 #5389E8 #E853D4

split-complementary

#E8B253 #53D4E8 #6853E8

monochromatic

#AA7517 #E09A1E #E8B253 #EFCA89 #F6E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E8B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B253

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B253	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)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c887',
    500: '#e8b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b253;
$custom-light: #f3c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B253

secondary

#B0C4E7

accent

#57D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B253

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

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