#E8B262#E8B262

#E8B262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.116 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B262
RGB	rgb(232, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 10.84, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 49.11, 77.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% 0.029 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.116 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4064, 49.8819, 18.4735)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B262 #6298E8

analogous

#E86F62 #E8B262 #DBE862

triadic

#E8B262 #62E8B2 #B262E8

tetradic

#E8B262 #62E86F #6298E8 #E862DB

square

#E8B262 #62E86F #6298E8 #E862DB

split-complementary

#E8B262 #62DBE8 #6F62E8

monochromatic

#B5771B #E0982D #E8B262 #F0CC97 #F8E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E8B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E8B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B262

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B262	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.116 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c891',
    500: '#e8b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b262;
$custom-light: #f3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B262

secondary

#BCCEEA

accent

#5FD70F

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B262

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

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