#E8B456#E8B456

#E8B456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B456
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 8.95, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 54.78, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0219 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.126 80)
XYZ	xyz(51.2826, 50.4737, 15.8436)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B456 #568AE8

analogous

#E86B56 #E8B456 #D3E856

triadic

#E8B456 #56E8B4 #B456E8

tetradic

#E8B456 #56E86B #568AE8 #E856D3

square

#E8B456 #56E86B #568AE8 #E856D3

split-complementary

#E8B456 #56D3E8 #6B56E8

monochromatic

#AC7717 #E19C20 #E8B456 #EFCC8C #F7E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E8B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E8B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B456

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B456	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)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca89',
    500: '#e8b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b456;
$custom-light: #f3ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79952,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.5047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B456

secondary

#3560AD

accent

#56D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B456

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

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