#E8B557#E8B557

#E8B557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B557
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 8.49, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 54.53, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0207 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5257, 50.8951, 16.1248)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B557 #578AE8

analogous

#E86D57 #E8B557 #D2E857

triadic

#E8B557 #57E8B5 #B557E8

tetradic

#E8B557 #57E86D #578AE8 #E857D2

square

#E8B557 #57E86D #578AE8 #E857D2

split-complementary

#E8B557 #57D2E8 #6D57E8

monochromatic

#AD7818 #E19D21 #E8B557 #EFCD8D #F7E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E8B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E8B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B557

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B557	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)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb8a',
    500: '#e8b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b557;
$custom-light: #f3cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.897,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80156,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B557

secondary

#3560AE

accent

#55D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B557

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

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