#E8B259#E8B259

#E8B259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.123 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B259
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 10.20, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 53.11, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0259 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.123 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0051, 49.7214, 16.3600)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B259 #598FE8

analogous

#E86B59 #E8B259 #D6E859

triadic

#E8B259 #59E8B2 #B259E8

tetradic

#E8B259 #59E86B #598FE8 #E859D6

square

#E8B259 #59E86B #598FE8 #E859D6

split-complementary

#E8B259 #59D6E8 #6B59E8

monochromatic

#AE7618 #E19923 #E8B259 #EFCB8F #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E8B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E8B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B259

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B259	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)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.123 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c88b',
    500: '#e8b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b259;
$custom-light: #f3c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.343,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.796,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B259

secondary

#B5C8E8

accent

#5AD80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B259

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

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