#E8B256#E8B256

#E8B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.126 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B256
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 10.01, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 54.42, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.025 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.126 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8817, 49.6720, 15.7100)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B256 #568CE8

analogous

#E86956 #E8B256 #D5E856

triadic

#E8B256 #56E8B2 #B256E8

tetradic

#E8B256 #56E869 #568CE8 #E856D5

square

#E8B256 #56E869 #568CE8 #E856D5

split-complementary

#E8B256 #56D5E8 #6956E8

monochromatic

#AC7517 #E19920 #E8B256 #EFCB8C #F7E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E8B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B256

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B256	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.126 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c889',
    500: '#e8b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b256;
$custom-light: #f3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B256

secondary

#B2C6E8

accent

#58D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B256

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

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