#E8B455#E8B455

#E8B455 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B455
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 8.89, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 55.22, 80.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0216 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.127 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2426, 50.4577, 15.6329)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B455 #5589E8

analogous

#E86B55 #E8B455 #D2E855

triadic

#E8B455 #55E8B4 #B455E8

tetradic

#E8B455 #55E86B #5589E8 #E855D2

square

#E8B455 #55E86B #5589E8 #E855D2

split-complementary

#E8B455 #55D2E8 #6B55E8

monochromatic

#AB7717 #E19C1F #E8B455 #EFCC8B #F7E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E8B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E8B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B455

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B455	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca88',
    500: '#e8b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b455;
$custom-light: #f3ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79941,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B455

secondary

#355FAD

accent

#55D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B455

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

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