#E8B451#E8B451

#E8B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B451
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 8.64, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 56.94, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0203 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.13 81)
XYZ	xyz(51.0881, 50.3959, 14.8196)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B451 #5185E8

analogous

#E86951 #E8B451 #D1E851

triadic

#E8B451 #51E8B4 #B451E8

tetradic

#E8B451 #51E869 #5185E8 #E851D1

square

#E8B451 #51E869 #5185E8 #E851D1

split-complementary

#E8B451 #51D1E8 #6951E8

monochromatic

#A87616 #DE9C1D #E8B451 #EFCB87 #F6E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E8B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B451

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B451	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca86',
    500: '#e8b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b451;
$custom-light: #f3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79899,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.50392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B451

secondary

#335CAA

accent

#53D90D

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B451

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

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