#E8B43F#E8B43F

#E8B43F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.142 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B43F
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 72.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 7.69, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 64.22, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0154 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.142 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5003, 50.1608, 11.7238)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B43F #3F73E8

analogous

#E85F3F #E8B43F #C8E83F

triadic

#E8B43F #3FE8B4 #B43FE8

tetradic

#E8B43F #3FE85F #3F73E8 #E83FC8

square

#E8B43F #3FE85F #3F73E8 #E83FC8

split-complementary

#E8B43F #3FC8E8 #5F3FE8

monochromatic

#9A7012 #D19819 #E8B43F #EFC976 #F5DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E8B43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B43F

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B43F	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)

#CAB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.142 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca7b',
    500: '#e8b43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b43f;
$custom-light: #f4ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 78.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7974,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B43F

secondary

#2E509E

accent

#6FF533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B43F

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

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