#E8B556#E8B556

#E8B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B556
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 8.42, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 54.97, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0203 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.127 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4852, 50.8789, 15.9112)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B556 #5689E8

analogous

#E86C56 #E8B556 #D2E856

triadic

#E8B556 #56E8B5 #B556E8

tetradic

#E8B556 #56E86C #5689E8 #E856D2

square

#E8B556 #56E86C #5689E8 #E856D2

split-complementary

#E8B556 #56D2E8 #6C56E8

monochromatic

#AC7817 #E19D20 #E8B556 #EFCD8C #F7E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E8B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E8B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B556

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B556	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb89',
    500: '#e8b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b556;
$custom-light: #f3cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.041,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B556

secondary

#355FAD

accent

#54D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B556

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

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