#E8B461#E8B461

#E8B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B461
RGB	rgb(232, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 9.71, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 49.90, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0255 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.117 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7604, 50.6648, 18.3600)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B461 #6195E8

analogous

#E87161 #E8B461 #D9E861

triadic

#E8B461 #61E8B4 #B461E8

tetradic

#E8B461 #61E871 #6195E8 #E861D9

square

#E8B461 #61E871 #6195E8 #E861D9

split-complementary

#E8B461 #61D9E8 #7161E8

monochromatic

#B4791A #E09B2C #E8B461 #F0CD96 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E8B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E8B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B461

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B461	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca90',
    500: '#e8b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b461;
$custom-light: #f3ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8008,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B461

secondary

#3968B5

accent

#5CD70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B461

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

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