#E8B261#E8B261

#E8B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B261
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 10.77, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 49.55, 77.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0286 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3595, 49.8631, 18.2264)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B261 #6197E8

analogous

#E86F61 #E8B261 #DBE861

triadic

#E8B261 #61E8B2 #B261E8

tetradic

#E8B261 #61E86F #6197E8 #E861DB

square

#E8B261 #61E86F #6197E8 #E861DB

split-complementary

#E8B261 #61DBE8 #6F61E8

monochromatic

#B4771A #E0982C #E8B261 #F0CC96 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E8B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E8B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B261

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B261	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c890',
    500: '#e8b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b261;
$custom-light: #f3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B261

secondary

#BBCEEA

accent

#5FD70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B261

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

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