#E8B361#E8B361

#E8B361 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.117 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B361
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 10.24, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 49.72, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0271 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.117 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5592, 50.2625, 18.2929)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B361 #6196E8

analogous

#E86F61 #E8B361 #DAE861

triadic

#E8B361 #61E8B3 #B361E8

tetradic

#E8B361 #61E86F #6196E8 #E861DA

square

#E8B361 #61E86F #6196E8 #E861DA

split-complementary

#E8B361 #61DAE8 #6F61E8

monochromatic

#B4781A #E0992C #E8B361 #F0CD96 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E8B361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B361

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B361	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.117 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c990',
    500: '#e8b361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b361;
$custom-light: #f3c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B361

secondary

#3969B5

accent

#5DD70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B361

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

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