#E8B35A#E8B35A

#E8B35A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.123 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B35A
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 9.74, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 52.84, 79.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0247 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.123 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2471, 50.1377, 16.6492)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B35A #5A8FE8

analogous

#E86C5A #E8B35A #D6E85A

triadic

#E8B35A #5AE8B3 #B35AE8

tetradic

#E8B35A #5AE86C #5A8FE8 #E85AD6

square

#E8B35A #5AE86C #5A8FE8 #E85AD6

split-complementary

#E8B35A #5AD6E8 #6C5AE8

monochromatic

#AF7718 #E19A24 #E8B35A #EFCC90 #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E8B35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B35A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B35A	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.123 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c98b',
    500: '#e8b35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b35a;
$custom-light: #f3c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79804,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B35A

secondary

#3664B0

accent

#59D80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B35A

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

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