#E8B362#E8B362

#E8B362 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B362
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 10.31, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 49.28, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0274 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.116 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6061, 50.2813, 18.5401)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B362 #6297E8

analogous

#E87062 #E8B362 #DAE862

triadic

#E8B362 #62E8B3 #B362E8

tetradic

#E8B362 #62E870 #6297E8 #E862DA

square

#E8B362 #62E870 #6297E8 #E862DA

split-complementary

#E8B362 #62DAE8 #7062E8

monochromatic

#B5781B #E0992D #E8B362 #F0CD97 #F8E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E8B362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B362

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B362	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c991',
    500: '#e8b362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b362;
$custom-light: #f3c991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79901,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B362

secondary

#396AB5

accent

#5ED70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B362

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

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