#E8B257#E8B257

#E8B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B257
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 10.07, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 53.99, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0253 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.125 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9223, 49.6882, 15.9237)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B257 #578DE8

analogous

#E86957 #E8B257 #D6E857

triadic

#E8B257 #57E8B2 #B257E8

tetradic

#E8B257 #57E869 #578DE8 #E857D6

square

#E8B257 #57E869 #578DE8 #E857D6

split-complementary

#E8B257 #57D6E8 #6957E8

monochromatic

#AD7518 #E19921 #E8B257 #EFCB8D #F7E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E8B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B257

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B257	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c889',
    500: '#e8b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b257;
$custom-light: #f3c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B257

secondary

#B3C7E8

accent

#59D80D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B257

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

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