#E8B555#E8B555

#E8B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B555
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 8.36, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 55.41, 81.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.02 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.127 81)
XYZ	xyz(51.4452, 50.8629, 15.7005)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B555 #5588E8

analogous

#E86C55 #E8B555 #D1E855

triadic

#E8B555 #55E8B5 #B555E8

tetradic

#E8B555 #55E86C #5588E8 #E855D1

square

#E8B555 #55E86C #5588E8 #E855D1

split-complementary

#E8B555 #55D1E8 #6C55E8

monochromatic

#AB7817 #E19E1F #E8B555 #EFCC8B #F7E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E8B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E8B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B555

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B555	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb88',
    500: '#e8b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b555;
$custom-light: #f3cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80134,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.50859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B555

secondary

#355EAD

accent

#54D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B555

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

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