#E8B356#E8B356

#E8B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B356
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 9.48, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 54.60, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0234 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.126 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0814, 50.0714, 15.7766)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B356 #568BE8

analogous

#E86A56 #E8B356 #D4E856

triadic

#E8B356 #56E8B3 #B356E8

tetradic

#E8B356 #56E86A #568BE8 #E856D4

square

#E8B356 #56E86A #568BE8 #E856D4

split-complementary

#E8B356 #56D4E8 #6A56E8

monochromatic

#AC7617 #E19B20 #E8B356 #EFCB8C #F7E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E8B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E8B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B356

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B356	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c989',
    500: '#e8b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b356;
$custom-light: #f3c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B356

secondary

#3561AD

accent

#57D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B356

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

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