#E8B449#E8B449

#E8B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B449
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 8.19, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 60.28, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.018 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.136 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8056, 50.2829, 13.3317)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B449 #497DE8

analogous

#E86449 #E8B449 #CDE849

triadic

#E8B449 #49E8B4 #B449E8

tetradic

#E8B449 #49E864 #497DE8 #E849CD

square

#E8B449 #49E864 #497DE8 #E849CD

split-complementary

#E8B449 #49CDE8 #6449E8

monochromatic

#A27414 #D89B1B #E8B449 #EFCA7F #F6E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E8B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B449

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B449	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca81',
    500: '#e8b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b449;
$custom-light: #f4ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79823,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B449

secondary

#3157A4

accent

#73F434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B449

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

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