#E8B742#E8B742

#E8B742 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B742
RGB	rgb(232, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 6.26, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 63.64, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0115 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.141 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1986, 51.4196, 12.3816)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B742 #4273E8

analogous

#E86442 #E8B742 #C6E842

triadic

#E8B742 #42E8B7 #B742E8

tetradic

#E8B742 #42E864 #4273E8 #E842C6

square

#E8B742 #42E864 #4273E8 #E842C6

split-complementary

#E8B742 #42C6E8 #6442E8

monochromatic

#9D7413 #D39C1A #E8B742 #EFCC79 #F5E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E8B742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#E8B742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B742

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B742	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc7d',
    500: '#e8b742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b742;
$custom-light: #f4cc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.289,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B742

secondary

#2F50A0

accent

#6CF533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B742

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

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