#E8B255#E8B255

#E8B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.126 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B255
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 9.94, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 54.86, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0246 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.126 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8417, 49.6560, 15.4993)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B255 #558BE8

analogous

#E86855 #E8B255 #D5E855

triadic

#E8B255 #55E8B2 #B255E8

tetradic

#E8B255 #55E868 #558BE8 #E855D5

square

#E8B255 #55E868 #558BE8 #E855D5

split-complementary

#E8B255 #55D5E8 #6855E8

monochromatic

#AB7517 #E19A1F #E8B255 #EFCA8B #F7E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E8B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B255

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B255	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.126 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c888',
    500: '#e8b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b255;
$custom-light: #f3c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B255

secondary

#B1C5E7

accent

#58D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B255

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

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