#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
RGBrgb(232, 179, 73)
HSLhsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.00, 8.71, 59.47)
CIE-LCHlch(76.00, 60.10, 81.66°)
OKLaboklab(79.63% 0.0195 0.1339)
OKLCHoklch(79.63% 0.135 81.7)
XYZxyz(50.6045, 49.8806, 13.2646)
Luminance0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E8B3491.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

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

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#E8B349 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva