#E8B349#E8B349

#E8B349 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.135 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B349
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 8.71, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 60.10, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0195 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.135 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6045, 49.8806, 13.2646)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B349 #497EE8

analogous

#E86449 #E8B349 #CEE849

triadic

#E8B349 #49E8B3 #B349E8

tetradic

#E8B349 #49E864 #497EE8 #E849CE

square

#E8B349 #49E864 #497EE8 #E849CE

split-complementary

#E8B349 #49CEE8 #6449E8

monochromatic

#A27314 #D8991B #E8B349 #EFCA7F #F6E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E8B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E8B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B349

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B349	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)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.135 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c981',
    500: '#e8b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b349;
$custom-light: #f4c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79629,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B349

secondary

#A8BCE5

accent

#74F434

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B349

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

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