#E8B258#E8B258

#E8B258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B258
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 10.14, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 53.55, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0256 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.124 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9634, 49.7047, 16.1404)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B258 #588EE8

analogous

#E86A58 #E8B258 #D6E858

triadic

#E8B258 #58E8B2 #B258E8

tetradic

#E8B258 #58E86A #588EE8 #E858D6

square

#E8B258 #58E86A #588EE8 #E858D6

split-complementary

#E8B258 #58D6E8 #6A58E8

monochromatic

#AE7618 #E19922 #E8B258 #EFCB8E #F7E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E8B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B258

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B258	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)

#C7B34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c88a',
    500: '#e8b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b258;
$custom-light: #f3c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79588,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B258

secondary

#B4C7E8

accent

#59D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B258

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

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