#E8B254#E8B254

#E8B254 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.127 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B254
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, 9.88, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 55.29, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0243 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.127 79)
XYZ	xyz(50.8023, 49.6402, 15.2916)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B254 #548AE8

analogous

#E86854 #E8B254 #D4E854

triadic

#E8B254 #54E8B2 #B254E8

tetradic

#E8B254 #54E868 #548AE8 #E854D4

square

#E8B254 #54E868 #548AE8 #E854D4

split-complementary

#E8B254 #54D4E8 #6854E8

monochromatic

#AB7517 #E19A1E #E8B254 #EFCA8A #F7E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E8B254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B254

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B254	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.127 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c887',
    500: '#e8b254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b254;
$custom-light: #f3c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.49637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B254

secondary

#B1C5E7

accent

#57D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B254

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

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