#E8B562#E8B562

#E8B562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.117 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B562
RGB	rgb(232, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 9.25, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 49.63, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0243 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.117 78)
XYZ	xyz(52.0099, 51.0888, 18.6746)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B562 #6295E8

analogous

#E87262 #E8B562 #D8E862

triadic

#E8B562 #62E8B5 #B562E8

tetradic

#E8B562 #62E872 #6295E8 #E862D8

square

#E8B562 #62E872 #6295E8 #E862D8

split-complementary

#E8B562 #62D8E8 #7262E8

monochromatic

#B57A1B #E09C2D #E8B562 #F0CE97 #F8E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E8B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E8B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B562

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B562	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.117 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb91',
    500: '#e8b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b562;
$custom-light: #f3cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80286,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.51085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B562

secondary

#3968B5

accent

#5BD70F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B562

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

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