#E8B457#E8B457

#E8B457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.125 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B457
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 9.01, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 54.34, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0222 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.125 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3231, 50.4899, 16.0573)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B457 #578BE8

analogous

#E86C57 #E8B457 #D3E857

triadic

#E8B457 #57E8B4 #B457E8

tetradic

#E8B457 #57E86C #578BE8 #E857D3

square

#E8B457 #57E86C #578BE8 #E857D3

split-complementary

#E8B457 #57D3E8 #6C57E8

monochromatic

#AD7718 #E19C21 #E8B457 #EFCC8D #F7E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E8B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E8B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B457

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B457	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.125 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca8a',
    500: '#e8b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b457;
$custom-light: #f3ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B457

secondary

#3561AE

accent

#56D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B457

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

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