#E8B656#E8B656

#E8B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B656
RGB	rgb(232, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 7.90, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 55.16, 81.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0188 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.127 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6892, 51.2870, 15.9792)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B656 #5688E8

analogous

#E86D56 #E8B656 #D1E856

triadic

#E8B656 #56E8B6 #B656E8

tetradic

#E8B656 #56E86D #5688E8 #E856D1

square

#E8B656 #56E86D #5688E8 #E856D1

split-complementary

#E8B656 #56D1E8 #6D56E8

monochromatic

#AC7917 #E19F20 #E8B656 #EFCD8C #F7E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E8B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#E8B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B656

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B656	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb89',
    500: '#e8b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b656;
$custom-light: #f3cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B656

secondary

#355EAD

accent

#53D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B656

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

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