#E8B651#E8B651

#E8B651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.131 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B651
RGB	rgb(232, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 7.59, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 57.32, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0173 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.131 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4948, 51.2092, 14.9551)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B651 #5183E8

analogous

#E86B51 #E8B651 #CFE851

triadic

#E8B651 #51E8B6 #B651E8

tetradic

#E8B651 #51E86B #5183E8 #E851CF

square

#E8B651 #51E86B #5183E8 #E851CF

split-complementary

#E8B651 #51CFE8 #6B51E8

monochromatic

#A87816 #DE9E1D #E8B651 #EFCD87 #F6E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E8B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#E8B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B651

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B651	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.131 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb86',
    500: '#e8b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b651;
$custom-light: #f3cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.132,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80287,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B651

secondary

#335BAA

accent

#50D90D

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B651

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

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