#E8B659#E8B659

#E8B659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.125 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B659
RGB	rgb(232, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 8.09, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 53.85, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0198 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.125 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8126, 51.3364, 16.6292)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B659 #598BE8

analogous

#E86E59 #E8B659 #D2E859

triadic

#E8B659 #59E8B6 #B659E8

tetradic

#E8B659 #59E86E #598BE8 #E859D2

square

#E8B659 #59E86E #598BE8 #E859D2

split-complementary

#E8B659 #59D2E8 #6E59E8

monochromatic

#AE7A18 #E19E23 #E8B659 #EFCE8F #F7E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E8B659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#E8B659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B659

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B659	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.125 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb8b',
    500: '#e8b659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b659;
$custom-light: #f3cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B659

secondary

#3660AF

accent

#54D80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B659

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

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