#E8B550#E8B550

#E8B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.131 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B550
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 8.05, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 57.55, 81.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0185 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.131 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2535, 50.7862, 14.6911)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B550 #5083E8

analogous

#E86950 #E8B550 #CFE850

triadic

#E8B550 #50E8B5 #B550E8

tetradic

#E8B550 #50E869 #5083E8 #E850CF

square

#E8B550 #50E869 #5083E8 #E850CF

split-complementary

#E8B550 #50CFE8 #6950E8

monochromatic

#A87716 #DE9D1D #E8B550 #EFCC86 #F6E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E8B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E8B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B550

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B550	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.131 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca85',
    500: '#e8b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b550;
$custom-light: #f3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.868,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B550

secondary

#335BA9

accent

#51D90D

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B550

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

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