#E8B561#E8B561

#E8B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.118 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B561
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 9.18, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 50.09, 79.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.024 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.118 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9630, 51.0700, 18.4275)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B561 #6194E8

analogous

#E87161 #E8B561 #D8E861

triadic

#E8B561 #61E8B5 #B561E8

tetradic

#E8B561 #61E871 #6194E8 #E861D8

square

#E8B561 #61E871 #6194E8 #E861D8

split-complementary

#E8B561 #61D8E8 #7161E8

monochromatic

#B47A1A #E09C2C #E8B561 #F0CE96 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E8B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E8B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B561

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B561	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.118 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb90',
    500: '#e8b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b561;
$custom-light: #f3cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80273,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B561

secondary

#3967B5

accent

#5AD70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B561

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

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