#E8B549#E8B549

#E8B549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B549
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 7.66, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 60.47, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0165 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.136 83)
XYZ	xyz(51.0082, 50.6881, 13.3992)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B549 #497CE8

analogous

#E86649 #E8B549 #CBE849

triadic

#E8B549 #49E8B5 #B549E8

tetradic

#E8B549 #49E866 #497CE8 #E849CB

square

#E8B549 #49E866 #497CE8 #E849CB

split-complementary

#E8B549 #49CBE8 #6649E8

monochromatic

#A27514 #D89C1B #E8B549 #EFCB7F #F6E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E8B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#E8B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B549

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B549	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca81',
    500: '#e8b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b549;
$custom-light: #f4ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.50685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B549

secondary

#3156A4

accent

#71F434

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B549

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

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