#E8B551#E8B551

#E8B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B551
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 8.11, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 57.13, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0188 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.13 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2907, 50.8011, 14.8871)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B551 #5184E8

analogous

#E86A51 #E8B551 #D0E851

triadic

#E8B551 #51E8B5 #B551E8

tetradic

#E8B551 #51E86A #5184E8 #E851D0

square

#E8B551 #51E86A #5184E8 #E851D0

split-complementary

#E8B551 #51D0E8 #6A51E8

monochromatic

#A87716 #DE9D1D #E8B551 #EFCC87 #F6E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E8B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E8B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B551

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B551	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)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca86',
    500: '#e8b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b551;
$custom-light: #f3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B551

secondary

#335BAA

accent

#52D90D

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B551

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

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